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RIO – The afternoon rain on Tuesday caused a death in Duque de Caxias, in Baixada Fluminense, according to the municipality’s Civil Defense. Still no identification of the victim. According to the city council, three houses collapsed and three vehicles were razed. The warning sirens were activated and the teams scoured the city to monitor the first recorded events.
Superintendent André Xavier reported that the most affected place was the Xerém district, mainly the Carreteiro and Santo Antônio neighborhoods. In an emergency, the guidance is to find safe places. The Barreiro area, near the Washington Luiz highway, was also seriously affected.
Preliminary information from the Civil Defense of Caxias indicated that two people had been dragged by the water. The streets of the region were flooded, with water that exceeded the height of the windows of some houses. Strong currents also formed on the slopes. In the Carreteiro region, the images recorded the moment when the wall of a house collapsed in the rain.
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The state Civil Defense reported that it was triggered by a landslide in Barreiro, but, according to the corporation, no one was injured.
Owner of three stores in Santo Antônio, Paulo Sergio Braga had his stores flooded. Something that he says he has never seen happen in the 52 years he has lived in the neighborhood.
– These stores have been mine for more than 30 years and that never happened. I don’t know if it’s a rainstorm or what happened, but this will go down in history. In 52 years, born and raised here, I have never seen this in my life. My ice cream shop and my basic basket store are full of water – says Braga.
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Resident of Campo do Buraco, also in Xerém, Carla Araújo had her house destroyed by the flood.
– I lost everything. I live to rent. All that was left was the phone and the body clothes, because the rest were gone. But I thank God, because I am alive – he says.
