The impacts of the heavy rains on Tuesday (18) in Franco da Rocha, a city in the metropolitan region of São Paulo, can still be felt by the population this Wednesday (19). According to the prefecture, it rained 116 millimeters (mm) in the last 24 hours. Today, the State Civil Defense registers at least 15 flooding points, in the following ways: Professor Carvalho Pinto, José Roberto Rosa, Francisco Pessolano, Engineer João Batista Garcez, Expedicionários, Ernest Steinkopff, João Victor Júnior, Amália Sestini boardwalk, Basílio Fazzi, Corypheu by Azevedo Marques, Benedito Fagundes Marques, Gentil Rocha, José Alves Ferreira Filho, Avenida dos Coqueiros and Marechal Gaspar Dutra. The city hall highlighted that it is working on clearing and cleaning the most affected central roads. The Azevedo Soares state school, which was flooded, will undergo a preventive inspection by the Works Nucleus of the Caieiras Teaching Board. “At first, there was no damage to the school unit”, informed the Secretary of Education of the State of São Paulo. As provided in the academic calendar, the school will have a class council today. Works According to the City Hall, work is underway on two swimming pools in the Ribeirão Eusébio basin. The construction should “ease the impact of rains on flooding in the city center”. The works are being carried out by the Department of Water and Electric Energy (DAEE). The municipal government also informed that a third swimming pool is in the final stages of bidding and works are scheduled to start this year. In February 2022, 18 people died in landslides and landslides caused by heavy rains in the municipality. Caieiras Yesterday’s rains also caused the Juquery River to overflow in the municipality of Caieiras, also in Greater São Paulo, leaving some areas of flooding. There is no record of homeless people. According to the city hall, the places affected were: Presidente Tancredo de Almeida Neves Highway, at km 35, which is closed in both directions; Avenida Valdemar Gomes Marino, which is blocked in one direction; Rua João Dártora; Rua Santa Rita; and Rua Luiz Celso Berti. “The water levels have not yet dropped, as the cities of Franco da Rocha and Francisco Morato still have floods and the water flow directly affects Caieiras”, informed the city hall. Weather Forecast The State Civil Defense reported that, for the next few days, the biggest highlight is the feeling of cold on Thursday and Friday. There is no indication of heavy rains, just drizzle at isolated points in more mountainous areas. In the city of São Paulo, the Emergency Management Center (CGE) of the city of São Paulo, reported that yesterday was the rainiest day of April in six years. It rained 38.1 mm on average in the city. This volume represents 60.4% of the average for the month, which is 63.1mm. For the next few days, the capital should receive the first more intense cold and dry air mass of autumn. With that, the nights and dawns get lower temperatures. Tomorrow, the day will be sunny and dry, with a feeling of cold, especially at the beginning and end of the day. Thermometers oscillate between a minimum of 12 degrees Celsius (°C) and a maximum of 21°C. On Friday (21), Tiradentes holiday, the thermometers fluctuate between 10°C and 22°C.
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