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A man drowned in a flash flood on Thursday night (29), on Avenida 31 de Março, in Piracicaba (SP). Trapped by a structure on the road, he did not survive his injuries and died at the scene.

The tragedy raises to 14 the number of victims of the rains in the state of São Paulo since the beginning of December. Of this total, six deaths occurred in similar situations involving flash floods.

The storm, which lasted about 40 minutes and recorded more than 50 millimeters of precipitation, caused flooding in neighborhoods in the central region of the city. The force of the water even ripped up the asphalt on one of the main avenues of Piracicaba, which has approximately 425,000 inhabitants and is located in the central region of the state.

In the last 12 hours, the city accumulated more than 80 millimeters of rain, according to data from the Integrated Hydrographic Basin System (SIBH), of SP Águas. Measuring stations in the municipality indicated rapid increases in the level of the Piracicaba River, which runs through the city center.


(Translated by Google)