Torrents of water gushed down streets, sweeping up cars and uprooting trees
RIO DE JANEIRO — 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.
The botanical garden neighbourhood, a tourist destination, was one of the most badly hit areas, receiving 231 millimetres in a 24-hour period. Local television stations showed firefighters in that neighbourhood wading through knee-deep water pulling a small boatload of children evacuated from a schoolbus on a flooded street.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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