A selection of photographs taken in Brazil in 2014.
Part 159:
Rio de Janeiro (RJ) – Parked cars in flooded street
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2014, 2017
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A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
327: Driving in a flooded street
The tropical summer in Belo Horizonte is warm and very wet, while the winter is cool and very dry. The raining season begins in September, after months without rain, with abundant rainfall in the months of November, December, January and February. On some days, especially in the summer months, threatening thunder clouds dominate the sky. Cloudbursts follow, and the effects are immediate: the sewer system can not cope with the abundant rainfall, the streets become flooded. It is better to avoid these streets, but some daredevils, however, continue their ride through the water.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2011, 2017
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
311: City bus 0n flooded avenue
Belo Horizonte has a tropical climate with cool, dry winters and warm, wet summers. Given the location of the city at an altitude of almost a thousand meters, the summers are not particularly hot and the winters are pretty cool for tropical concepts. From May to September you can leave the umbrella home, but especially the period between October and March, the umbrella is indispensable. On exceptional days, the rainfall can be so fierce that even umbrella offers little protection. It is not surprising that the water drainage system can not handle the huge amount of water in case of heavy rainfall. The streets then flow fast and transform into fast-flowing rivers. Everything on the road can be diverted with the strong flow, including cars and heavy containers. Fortunately, the water level drops quickly and the traffic flow can slowly start, though it is with great difficulty.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2011, 2017
Original dimension: 5000 x 1955
BELO HORIZONTE (MG)
According to the report of the Brazilian Center of Weather Forecast and Climate Studies (CPTEC) the rainfall between Dec 14, 10 am (Brasília Time Zone) and Dec 15, 10 am was the most intense (91.4 mm) since 2009. As a result, one of the principal avenues – Avenida Cristiano Machado, part of the Green Line and linking the center to the International Airport – was inundated at te location of metro station Primeiro de Maio. Rain water was running down from the surrounding uphill streets and avenues and filling another avenue – Sebastião de Brito – as if it were a river. The traffic – was barred at both sides of Avenida Cristiano Machado. Reporters from local tv stations took their shots for the evening news, and they focused for a while on the rescue of a car stuck in the water. Bystanders, in front of the metro station, took pictures with their cell phones, with the intention to show the homefront the dramatic situation at this metro station. It is forecasted that more than 100 mm of rainfall will be measured in the next 48 hours.
Related links:
Record rainfall (CPTEC website, Portuguese)
Image gallery Globo website
Image gallery Estado de Minas
Camera: Canon PowerShot A1100 IS
f 1/2,7 , 1/500 sec. ISO-160
combination of 5 separate photographs, integrated with help of Autopano software
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