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Heavy rains hit in the Rio metropolitan area, causing severe flooding to the city of São Goncalo. The city declared an emergency situation in the municipality on Tuesday, due to the heavy rains that have fallen in recent days.

The town hall of São Goncalo informed that 200 millimeters of rain fell in the three hours. Only the Engenho Pequeno neighborhood in the central part of the city received 99mm of rain. Vila Três, Boa Vista and Fazenda dos Mineiros were also some of the neighborhoods affected by the storm.

The city, with more than 1 million population, has already registered nine landslides and more than 30 cases of flooding. Streets were flooded and part of a land where there was vegetation was carried away by the water. The city education chief suspended classes in city schools that suffered from the aftermath of the rain. According to the mayor's office, there are dozens of homeless people.

In the neighborhood of Gradim, the situation was worse than last week. Residents reported that the water was waist-deep in the middle of the streets, and entered the house. The emergency room in the Zé Garoto neighborhood was also taken over by the waters.

Images and videos released by residents on social media show the health unit flooded, with water entering from all sides. Civil Defense teams spent the night on the streets responding to calls from the population. The weather will continue to be influenced by areas of instability in medium levels of the atmosphere on Wednesday.


The channel lists such natural disasters as:
1) Geological emergencies: Earthquake, Volcanic eruption, Mud, Landslide, Avalanche;
2) Hydrological emergencies: Flood, Tsunami, Limnological disaster,
3) Fires: Forest fire, Peat fire;
4) Meteorological emergencies: Tornado, Cyclone, Blizzard, Hail, Drought, Tornado, Hail, Hurricane, Tsunami, Storm, Thunderstorm, Tempest.

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