Woman and two children missing after heavy rain in São Paulo

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A woman and two children went missing in the early afternoon of Tuesday, December 7, while crossing a flooded area on the Curucutu road in Paralheiros, southern São Paulo.

According to information from the fire department, the woman and the two children were washed away. There is still no information on the identity of the three missing people.

The heavy rain forecast had prompted the São Paulo City Hall to issue an alert for flood risk in the city earlier in the week.

The city of São Paulo registered heavy rainfall in several regions on Tuesday morning. The highest recorded rate was precisely in Parelheiros, with 80.2 millimeters – in other regions, such as Jabaquara, the record was only 15.2 millimeters.

The heavy rainfall led the São Paulo City Hall’s Climate Emergency Management Center (CGE) to declare a state of alert for flooding in the city. The alert remained in effect the longest in the south zone, from 10 AM to 1:15 PM.

According to the center’s weather radar images, the rains eased during the afternoon, but were expected to continue intermittently throughout Tuesday.

The weather will remain unstable in the capital until Wednesday (8), starting Thursday (9) rain will subside and temperatures will rise again.

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