Florianópolis decrees emergency situation due to rains and suspends classes
The mayor of Florianópolis, Topázio Neto (Republicans), decreed a situation of emergency in the city due to the heavy rains that hit the Santa Catarina state.
]Classes in the municipal network were also suspended.
“We went through the city during the early morning hours, and we are now taking advantage of the daylight to evaluate the impacts better. Focus today is to secure lives!” the mayor wrote on Twitter.
“We will avoid moving as much as possible while heavy precipitation persists in our region. The expectation is to improve between the afternoon and evening of Thursday,” he said.
The outgoing governor of Santa Catarina, Carlos Moisés (Republicans), also spoke out on the social network stating that several municipalities are on high alert for the risk of landslides.
According to Climatempo, the state’s eastern region, including the entire Greater Florianópolis, remains on high rainfall alert.
“In the 24 hours between 4 am on Nov. 30 and 4 am on Dec. 1, extremely high rainfall volumes were again observed over Greater Florianopolis.”
“The gauges of the National Center for Monitoring and Alerts of Natural Disasters (Cemaden) recorded 279.6 mm in São Pedro de Alcântara, 255.7 mm in São José, 231.4 mm in Palhoça, 190.2 mm in Major Gercino, 188.8 mm in São João Batista, 186 mm in Garuva, 183.7 mm in Florianópolis, 179.8 mm in Antônio Carlos,” he informed.
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