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The rain marked the eve and Christmas day in Rio and in the cities of the Metropolitan Region. Around 6:30 pm on Friday (25), the capital entered the attention stage, due to the storm that began in the late afternoon.
An hour and a half later, Niemeyer Avenue was closed preventively in both directions by the Rio City Council.
According to the Operations Center, the closure complies with the security protocols defined by Geo-Rio. In March, Niemeyer was reopened to traffic after nine months of being closed. Niemeyer Avenue had been closed due to a landslide that killed two people last year.
Cars return in the wrong hand after entering the flooded highway of Niterói, RJ
The Rio City Council asks people not to move and stay in safe places . The forecast is that it will rain until the early hours of Saturday (26). The care stage is the third level on a scale of five of the City Council. The city was in a mobilization stage since Tuesday (22), also because of the rain.
In Bangu, in the West Zone, there was a record of heavy rains around 6 pm.
At the same time, it also rained heavily in Jardim Botânico (South Zone), Tanque (West Zone), Alto da Boa Vista (North Zone), Vidigal, Penha and Grajaú-Jacarepaguá. Lightning and thunderstorms were recorded in many places.
Between 7:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., it rained very hard in Santa Teresa, Muda, Tijuca and Laranjeiras and a record of heavy rains was registered in Grajaú, Saúde, Urca, Penha, São Cristóvão and Anchieta, according to the Operations Center.
A bag of water prohibited ‘diving’ in Barra da Tijuca, towards São Conrado, in the South Zone, according to the Operations Center.
Niterói with submerged cars
After the rain, the car plunges into the street of Niterói, RJ – Photo: Victoria Teixeira / Personal Archive
There are also reports of heavy rains in other parts of the Metropolitan Region, such as Niterói. In the Pendotiba neighborhood, some streets were flooded after a few minutes of heavy rain in the early morning.
The rain also flooded the streets of Barreto and Santa Rosa. On social media, residents posted images of virtually submerged cars.
One of the photos is of the Internet user Victoria Teixeira. He showed a car with water almost on the roof. He was arrested at Rua Amerino Wanick, in Barreto.
Submerged car owner makes a negative signal after trying to observe damage to the vehicle – Photo: Victoria Teixeira / Personal Archive
“I am a resident of this street, I went to help get a car from a neighbor. When I returned, the street was more crowded than I imagined. We have lived with her here for more than 40 years. There is no way, you do not see a cleaning sewers, dredging, “said Alessandro Amoedo, owner of the submerged car and a neighbor of Barreto.
Heavy rains in Niterói flood homes in Barreto neighborhood
Some houses in Barreto were also invaded by water and elderly residents were stranded. In one of the videos, a woman who had knee surgery is rescued.
Roberto Silveira Avenue, in Icaraí, was flooded in some places and cars had difficulty passing through the bags of water. Some drivers chose to leave the site in the opposite direction.
The concessionaire Arteris Fluminense reported that two points of the BR-101 highway were closed on Friday night. One of them, at kilometer 321, in Niterói, towards Espírito Santo, due to flooding. About an hour and a half later, the runway was cleared for traffic, according to Arteris.
The other section is located at kilometer 316, in São Gonçalo, towards Rio de Janeiro, due to the fall of a barrier. A detour was made at kilometer 313, but the drivers faced a two-kilometer traffic jam around 8:30 pm.
The car returns in the wrong hand after entering a flooded street in Niterói, RJ – Photo: Thabata Novaes / Personal Archive
SEE the weather forecast
The maximum temperature in the Capital reached 26.8 ° C and the minimum did not exceed 20.8 ° C, in Vila Militar. The information is from the National Meteorological Institute (Inmet).
Rain on the Costa Verde and risks
The unstable climate is the result of the transport of humidity from the sea to the continent, together with the influence of winds at high and medium levels of the atmosphere.
This situation intensified and spread throughout the state of Rio de Janeiro during the afternoon of Friday. The Climatempo Institute issued an alert for stronger rains until this Saturday. In the early afternoon there was a record of heavy rains in Costa Verde, Baixada Fluminense and in the capital.
According to Climatempo, until the end of this Friday night, there is still a risk of flooding, stream and river overflows, and potential for landslides in hillside areas.
Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, in the South Zone of Rio, woke up under a cloudy sky this Christmas (25) – Photo: Daniel Silveira / G1
We may take a few morning sunbaths on the weekend, but the humidity will still be high and heavy clouds are still forming and spreading across the state.
According to Climatempo, there are conditions for rains in the afternoons and nights (Saturday and Sunday) in all regions of Rio de Janeiro, including the Greater Rio.
Storms are not ruled out in the Paraíba and Sierra Valley, the Institute warns.
