{"id":1948,"date":"2011-01-21T03:45:34","date_gmt":"2011-01-21T03:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=1948"},"modified":"2011-01-21T03:45:34","modified_gmt":"2011-01-21T03:45:34","slug":"flooding-in-rio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/flooding-in-rio\/","title":{"rendered":"Flooding in Rio"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve written about flooding in Brazil before, like the Santa Catarina floods<\/a> in 2008 and the coastal flooding<\/a> in Rio de Janeiro last year. There’s often seasonal flooding, particularly in the south, but this year has been exceptionally bad. Heavy rains [chuvas<\/em>] and floods [enchentes<\/em>] have affected Minas Gerais, S\u00e3o Paulo, and Santa Catarina<\/a>, but the worst hit area has been Rio de Janeiro’s mountain region [Regi\u00e3o Serrana<\/em>], where over 700 people have died and thousands were left temporarily homeless.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7s-wHJNkkBs<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iAKPJl0YVOI<\/a><\/p>\n

From Estad\u00e3o<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Segundo a chefe da se\u00e7\u00e3o de Previs\u00e3o do Tempo, Marlene Leal, por causa da intensidade do temporal e a geografia da \u00e1rea, a ‘cat\u00e1strofe era inevit\u00e1vel’. ‘Na propor\u00e7\u00e3o e na intensidade com que as chuvas ca\u00edram n\u00e3o havia como evitar que uma trag\u00e9dia acontecesse. Eu confesso que a propor\u00e7\u00e3o atingida – em uma \u00e1rea t\u00e3o extensa, regi\u00e3o montanhosa, de vale, aliada \u00e0quelas cabe\u00e7as d’\u00e1gua que se formaram descendo em velocidade montanha abaixo em uma \u00e1rea imensa – me surpreendeu.'”<\/em><\/p>\n

Why was the meteorologist surprised?<\/em><\/p>\n

Want to help Brazil flood victims? If you’re in the US, click here<\/a>. If you’re in the UK, click here<\/a>. And if you’re in Brazil, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve written about flooding in Brazil before, like the Santa Catarina floods in 2008 and the coastal flooding in Rio de Janeiro last year. There’s often seasonal flooding, particularly in the south, but this year has been exceptionally bad. Heavy rains [chuvas] and floods [enchentes] have affected Minas Gerais, S\u00e3o Paulo, and Santa Catarina, but…<\/p>\n

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