Heavy rains killed at least 10 people and left a trail of destruction in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, raising questions about the city's preparedness to deal with recurring extreme weather.
Torrents of water gushed down streets, sweeping up cars and uprooting trees after rains that began around rush hour Monday evening. Rains slowly weakened by Tuesday evening, but Mayor Marcelo Crivella said the city was still in “crisis” mode, the highest of three levels.City officials said 6 inches of rain fell in just four hours Monday night, more than the average for the whole month of April.
Sirens sounded in 20 flood-prone areas of the city, alerting people to make their way to pre-established safe spaces. The mayor, acknowledging the city's lack of preparedness for the deluge, said sirens did not sound in Babilonia because the water had not reached the minimum threshold to activate the alarms. He said officials would look into lowering this threshold in the future.
The mayor said a recent study carried out by the city identified about 200,000 road potholes and rainwater networks that needed fixing.
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