With 13 Confirmed Landslide Deaths, Guarujá Decrees State of Public Calamity
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – With 13 confirmed deaths in the city, the mayor of Guarujá, Válter Suman, has declared a state of public calamity. In a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, March 3rd, the city government reported that the hills of Bela Vista (Morro do Macaco), the Morro da Vila Baiana and the Barreira João Guarda are the places that offer more risks.
Between 60 and 70 shanties have been buried and over 200 people are homeless in Guarujá.
The State Civil Defense Coordinator, Colonel Walter Nyakas Junior, is in the region to meet with mayors and assess the first needs.
Data from the State Civil Defense Emergency Management Center show that the accumulated rainfall over the last 12 hours in Guarujá was 282 mm, 218 mm in Santos, 170 mm in Praia Grande, 169 mm in São Vicente and 160 mm in Mongaguá, 132 mm in Cubatão and 110 mm in Itanhaém and Bertioga.
The forecast for was for moderate to heavy rainfall all along the coast of São Paulo, including the entire region of Baixada Santista due to the formation of a low-pressure area on the coast of São Paulo and the circulation of winds at high levels in the atmosphere.
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