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Santa Catarina Faces Record Floods and Landslides | divulge
The situation is deteriorating rapidly in different parts of Santa Catarina and Paraná due to the excessive rainfall that has been registered and the object of successive alerts from MetSul Meteorologia.
There have been dozens of landslides in the northeast of Santa Catarina, the rivers are growing rapidly, there are already flooded areas and floods are taking place. In Paraná, different areas also suffer from excessive rainfall and have flood points.
MetSul warns that the already complicated situation should worsen and reach a critical level due to the extreme rains in points of Santa Catarina and Paraná. This is due to the fact that a lot of rain is expected today and in the coming days in the two states with accumulated in many points in the next 72h to 92h from 100mm to 200mm with marks in some municipalities from 300mm to 400mm.
The MetSul WRF model’s rain projection through 9am Saturday indicates over 300mm in some areas
With what has already rained, which leaves the soil saturated, and the prospect of still a lot of water, it is anticipated that an extremely dangerous scenario of landslides and floods threatens life in areas of greater vulnerability such as wetlands and slopes. There will be floods with overflowing rivers.
Despite the problems in areas further away from the coast, in the interior of the two states, the regions of greatest concern are those near the ocean in eastern Paraná and Santa Catarina, but mainly in northeast Santa Catarina, from Florianópolis to Itapoá.
This includes the areas of greatest danger in the regions of Florianópolis, Itajaí, Joinville, Balneário Camboriú, São Francisco do Sul and Blumenau, and the nearby municipalities. In Paraná, the greatest risk is concentrated in the areas of Guaratuba, Paranaguá and Matinhos.
The municipalities of Planalto Norte Catarinense are also in the critical risk zone, with accumulations from the beginning of the week until yesterday of 200 mm in some points.
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