An elderly man is carried in a garbage bin to escape the flood in the Baixada Fluminense
A woman was found dead in Rua General Rondon, in Nova Iguaçu, and a man died of electrocution in São João de Meriti, in Baixada Fluminense.
A fifth victim was still being sought by firefighters in Belford Roxo in the early afternoon.
The images show many people braving the currents to reach support points in the municipalities. In the Laguna and Dourados neighborhood, in Duque de Caxias, a family threw an elderly man into a garbage can to get him out of the house full of water.
1 of 6 Elderly person caught in a group during the flood during the rain in Rio — Photo: Reproduction/Personal archive Elderly person caught in a group during the flood during the rain in Rio — Photo: Reproduction/Personal archive
It is also possible to see a child being carried in the womb. In the Lixão favela, also in Duque de Caxias, a man almost drowned on Sunday morning, but was saved by a local businessman.
In Jardim América, family members tied a rope to an inflatable mattress to transport an elderly woman in a wheelchair. The water came up to her chest.
In the early hours of the morning, the children left their homes in Acari and were carried on the shoulders of their families. The video shows three girls. Other people were rescued from boats, jet skis and boats.
A pregnant woman went into labor in the early hours of the morning in Acari. The firefighters took her by boat to the maternity ward.
A man drowns in the Duque de Caxias flood and is saved by a merchant
The storm generates impacts on the Grande Rio
Rio’s Operations Center reported that the city has entered operational phase number 4, the second highest on the risk scale. In Niterói the alert is maximum.
Paes asks Rio residents to avoid traveling after rain in the city of Rio
The Civil Protection recorded more than 30 pockets of water on the main streets of the city, 15 flooding points and five tree falls. Avenida Brasil was flooded in both directions, in Irajá, and was closed in the early hours of the morning. The closure remained until 9.25am this Sunday.
On Sunday morning, rain was still recorded in several neighborhoods of the Northern Zone and Mayor Eduardo Paes asked people to avoid the region. More rain is expected.
2 of 6 Rain mainly affected the northern area of Rio on Saturday and early Sunday morning (14) — Photo: Reproduction/Personal Archive Rain mainly affected the northern area of Rio on Saturday and early Sunday morning (14) — Photo: Reproduction /Personal archive
Officers are searching for a woman who went missing after a car fell into the River Botas, in Belford Roxo.
In Ricardo de Albuquerque, in the North Zone, a man died after being buried in the early hours of the morning.
His body was found by firefighters with the help of drug-sniffing dogs in Rua Moraes de Pinheiro.
Rio enters operational phase 4 after heavy rains
The firefighters intervened more than 150 incidents statewide as of 7:05 am. Flooding and tree falls were recorded. On Saturday and Sunday morning, 29 sirens were activated in 16 communities. Residents were asked to leave their homes. The support points already known in the communities were opened by community Civil Protection agents.
In Niterói, in the metropolitan region, the city went on alert at 2.15am and sirens were activated in eight communities. The Civil Protection has also recommended residents to avoid moving around the municipality.
3 of 6 The rain caused damage and created pockets of water in Madureira, in the Northern Zone — Photo: Reproduction/TV Globo The rain caused damage and created pockets of water in Madureira, in the Northern Zone — Photo: Reproduction /TV Globo
Mayor Eduardo Paes, on his account on X (formerly Twitter), recommended that the population avoid Avenida Brasil and the North Area of the city early in the morning.
“We had a very critical situation on the border of the municipality with Baixada Fluminense, the area of the city that is suffering the most. We ask people to collaborate. The Ronaldo Gazolla hospital lost power. The situation is still critical, but the bodies they are operating,” Eduardo Paes said in an interview with GloboNews.
Postpone appointments;
Stay in a safe place!
Move only if you are in a risk area or in case of extreme necessity;
Offer shelter to friends and family.
4 of 6 Four stations of the metro line 2 were closed this Sunday morning (14th) — Photo: Reproduction/Personal archive Four stations of the metro line 2 were closed this Sunday morning (14th) — Photo: Reproduction/Personal archive
The rains caused problems on metro line 2: the stations of Pavuna, Engenheiro Rubens Paiva, Acari Fazenda Botafogo and Coelho Neto were temporarily closed early Sunday morning.
The concessionaire has started to operate temporarily on line 2 between the Colégio and General Osório/Ipanema stations, in the South Zone. Lines 1 and 4, according to Metrô Rio, operate normally.
On the Supervia, the Oswaldo Cruz station was closed due to flooding.
The Anchieta meteorological station has reached the accumulated 259.2 millimeters of rain in a 24-hour period, the record for the entire Alerta Rio System time series (since 1997) at that weather station. In Anchieta it rained about 40% more than the historical January average for that region: in a single day it rained much more than expected for the entire month: 138.4% of the January average.
Other districts of the Northern Zone, such as Pavuna, Acari, Madureira and Irajá, also experienced high rainfall, and the The Pavuna, Acari, Quitungo and Cachorros rivers overflowed. In Pavuna, in the Northern Zone, an operational base of the Municipality has been set up to serve the residents.
In Irajá, where a section of Avenida Brasil was closed, it rained 213 millimeters in 24 hours.
5 of 6 The rain caused flooding in Fazenda Botafogo, in the northern area — Photo: Reproduction/TV Globo The rain caused flooding in Fazenda Botafogo, in the northern area — Photo: Reproduction/TV Globo
The Ronaldo Gazolla municipal hospital, in Acari, in the north of Rio, remained without electricity in the early hours of Sunday. The health unit is close to the point most affected by the heavy rains that hit the region.
The hospital’s basement, where the garage and some operations and maintenance areas are located, was flooded. For safety reasons, electricity was removed from the building and all life support devices began to work using their own batteries, with great autonomy and without interruptions. According to the Department of Health, the patients were closely monitored by healthcare workers.
In the early hours of the morning, the Municipal Conservation Department sent teams and machines to drain the groundwater and clean the outdoor area, and by mid-morning, power had been restored to most of the hospital.
Heavy rains flooded the facilities of the 9th BPM (Rocha Miranda), which is located in the Honório Gurgel neighborhood, in the Northern Zone.
The damage caused by the storm is still being examined by the unit’s command. From a preliminary investigation it appears that cars parked waiting for maintenance services, private cars and some battalion structures were hit.
6 of 6 Image of the 9th BPM (Rocha Miranda), located in the Honório Gurgel neighborhood, in the north of Rio — Photo: Reproduction image of the 9th BPM (Rocha Miranda), located in the Honório Gurgel neighborhood , in the north of Rio — Photo: Reproduction
Light to moderate rain and mostly cloudy skies are expected this Sunday.
According to the Alerta Rio system, rain cores lose intensity, however they continue to act continuously and can cause an increase in these rain accumulations.
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