Imaging Brazil 311: City Bus on Flooded Avenue in Belo Horizonte, MG (2011)

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

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IMAGES OF BRAZIL: SELEXION 2011 – 001

A selection of photographs taken in Brazil in 2011.

Part 01:
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Heavy rainfall
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Tortoise at the ZOO
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Bus stop after heavy rainfall
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Elephant at the ZOO

Belo Horizonte  (MG) – Heavy rainfall

Belo Horizonte  (MG) – Tortoise at the ZOO

Belo Horizonte (MG) – Bus stop after heavy rainfall

Belo Horizonte (MG) – Elephant at the ZOO

© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2011, 2017

BELO HORIZONTE (MG): Flooding at Primeiro de Maio (15 DEC 2011)

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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