They are biblical images of flood, which is on tonight the televisions in the city of Sao Paulo, with 22 million inhabitants of the three largest cities in the world. Show a city literally under water, with water reaching the windows of cars and detained hundreds of motorists, some uploads to the top for help with your arms.Have been totally flattered 33 areas of the city, according to the Traffic Engineering Company. It is the main result of the overflow of the river to the height Arincaduva avenues Itaquera Aricanduva and after heavy rainfall since this afternoon have plagued the city. The important Cogonhas airport, which makes the shuttle between Rio and Sao Paulo, has been closed to air traffic.
The first region was struck by the waters of the east, which came into alarm at six in the afternoon. Then the rain hit south and central regions, and finally the whole city was on alert at eight in the evening. The weather reports do not exclude the possibility of further downpours of rain during the night and early morning.
Nearly a thousand agents with 300 vehicles were deployed around the city to help citizens caught in the waters and watch for the possibility of more flooding. A group of citizens angry about what was happening and unable to get home is vented an empty bus caught fire in the water and a truck.
Unscrupulous troops took the dramatic situation of immobility of many motorists to dock. The neighborhoods that are suffering the effects of floods are the Vila Prudente, Sao Mateus, Itaquera, Mooca, Aricanduva, Vila Formosa, Ipiranga, Vila Mariana and Taboão da Serra. At nine o'clock the traffic police had recorded 190 kilometers of traffic jams.
Most of the cars involved could not start the engine. Sao Paulo city, São Paulo State, are the financial and economic heart of the country. Contribute 25% of GDP.
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