The number of deaths in RS due to cyclone passage rises to 13

The Civil Defense of Rio Grande do Sul updated, at the end of the morning of this Sunday (18), that the death toll due to the passage of the extratropical cyclone in the state on Thursday (15) reached 13. Until then, the agency had accounted for 11 deaths. More than 3,700 people are homeless and almost 700 are displaced, and ten people are still missing, all from the municipality of Caraá, about 90 km from Porto Alegre, which has just over 8,000 inhabitants. “Confirmed another death found in Caraá. So far there are four people missing in the municipality. The number of fatal victims rises to 13, and the search is still ongoing”, informed the Civil Defense. The extratropical cyclone caused heavy rains and strong winds in the south of Santa Catarina and in the north of Rio Grande do Sul. , floods and landslides, which affected 41 cities in Rio Grande do Sul and 31 in Santa Catarina. In Santa Catarina, there is no record of deaths or disappearances. There are no people homeless or displaced either. The water that flooded the municipalities has already gone down and the cities that had landslides they are already recovering these places. According to the National Center for Natural Risk and Disaster Management (Cemaden), the forecast for this Sunday (18) is for better weather. The cyclone moved to the ocean and there are remnants of wind on the north coast of Rio Grande do Sul. The concern, now, will be with the low temperatures, since the winter starts next week. security. “Clean the place and all material that came into contact with water. Communicate the authorities if you identify risks”, warns the agency. The extratropical cyclone is a low atmospheric pressure system that arises outside the tropics. It is associated with cold fronts and found in mid to high latitudes. In the Southern Hemisphere, cyclones rotate clockwise, according to the National Institute of Meteorology (Inmet) and the Center for Weather Forecast and Climate Studies (Cptec). The cyclone that hit the south of the country, associated with a cold front, formed in the Atlantic Ocean over the past week. The low pressure area in the middle and high levels of the atmosphere potentiated the formation of the cyclone on land, transporting moisture from the ocean to the continent.

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