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The heavy rains started in 2021 and are already causing damage in Grande BH. In just three days, an average of 72.3 mm has rained in Belo Horizonte, according to the Civil Defense of BH. Volume represents 22% of expected for the month of January. That is, one-fifth of the average historical volume up to Sunday midnight (1/3). With the rains, two large trees fell in BH during the night of Saturday (020/1) and Sunday morning (03/01) bringing disorder to the populao.
According to the Minas Gerais Military Fire Brigade (CBMMG), around 12:15 a.m. a large tree fell in the Salgado Filho neighborhood, in the western region of the capital, preventing the transit of vehicles in both directions of the Rua Divisa Nova, corner with Rua Ponte. New star. Part of it was dependent in the electricity grid, which required the activation of Cemig.
On Avenida dos Andradas, in the Pompia neighborhood, in the Eastern Region of BH, a tree fell on the road, near UPA Leste, causing interference in the direction of Centro de BH. CBMMG activated and cleared the way.
In Grande BH there were also disturbances related to rain. Around 12:15 a.m., a large tree fell on the MG-424, between KM 23 and 24, Bairro Maria Cndida, on the border between Pedro Leopoldo and Matozinhos, in front of the “Panela de Pedra” Restaurant. Firefighters carried out the rowing. None was injured.
Around 2 am, there was a distress call for CBMMG of five people stranded at Rua Vera Lcio de Oliveira Andrade, 85, at the Ribeiro das Neves Center, behind the Frum. During the displacement of the teams, the applicant renounced the assistance, informing that passers-by mobilized and managed to save the group, removing them from the site.
The rain also caused the obstruction of other roads, without victims, in Bairro Itapu, Pampulha Region, at Avenida Portugal number 4096. Both directions were blocked. In the Santa Lcía neighborhood, the blockade was on MGC-356, which had the lane closed to RJ, before the BH Shopping interchange.
In Contagem, in Grande BH, a tree fell and closed both directions of Rua Geraldo Belm Rocha, in Bairro Arvoredo II, near the deposit “Ricardo Eletro”.
A residence was finally hit by a large tree that fell with rain in Bairro Alvorada, at Rua Professor Aldo Zanini, 2,400, near Bairro Cristais, “Supermercado Fazendinha” and “Poliesportivo”. Five people were in the house at the time of the fall and no one was injured. However, warned exit due to access obstruction as property is located below street level.
