The stage collapsed due to the force of the storm in Niterói | DISCLOSURE
Severe storms hit the cities of Niterói and São Gonçalo in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday night. The intense storm brought brief torrential rain with lots of lightning, but the phenomenon with the greatest impact was the wind, with very intense to violent gusts with destructive potential.
The storm was fast but fierce. The gusts of wind left several neighborhoods in Niterói without power and in São Gonçalo there was a fire at an electrical substation. The early evening wind also knocked down poles, compounding the problem of lack of electricity for residents. Trees also fell and a Guanabara supermarket in São Gonçalo was damaged.
In the most serious episode, but without injuries, the show of the singer Marisa Monte, scheduled for Praia de Icaraí, was finally postponed. Part of the stage structure could not withstand the force of the wind, collapsed and was destroyed. The presentation planned for Sunday was also postponed.
In a statement posted on social media, Niterói City Hall reported that “adverse and atypical weather conditions, including very strong winds and a thunderstorm, led to the collapse of the structure of the stage set up on Icaraí Beach.” At the first sign of strong winds The evacuation plan was put into action and there were no people left on site when the structure gave way.”
What caused the violent storm in Niterói and São Gonçalo was a powerful area of instability with the characteristics of a mesoscale convective system that formed rapidly in the early evening between the city of Rio de Janeiro and Niterói, at the level of Guanabara Bay, with severe storms to the east Part of the bay of the system.
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At 8 p.m., just before the storm, the temperature at the National Institute of Meteorology weather station was 33.0 °C. Due to the severe storm, the station stopped transmitting data. The temperature immediately before the storm was very high for the time and unusual for the night.
Rio de Janeiro experienced a day of historic heat. According to stations from the National Institute of Meteorology, the highest temperatures this Saturday were 42.6 ° C in Seropédica; 42.5 °C in Vila Militar; 42.3 °C in Duque de Caxias (Xerém); 42.2°C in Cambuci; 41.9 °C in Marambaia; 41.7 °C in Niterói; 41.1 °C in Silva Jardim; and 40.6 °C in Macaé.
In the Alerta Rio network, the weather service of the Rio de Janeiro City Hall, the highest temperature at a weather station was observed today in Guaratiba with a hot 43.8 ° C. According to the service, the temperature sensation also reached 59.7°C in Guaratiba.
URGENT Part of the stage of singer Marisa Monte’s show collapses in Niterói. The event was canceled pic.twitter.com/o8z8PGLq8Z
SBT Rio (@sbtrio) November 19, 2023
More images from the stage of singer Marisa Monte’s show in Niterói, which collapsed due to the storm. No one is hurt pic.twitter.com/qPaEjOm9PW
SBT Rio (@sbtrio) November 19, 2023
The extreme heat was precisely responsible for the formation of the thundercloud in the Rio de Janeiro and Niterói regions. MetSul had warned of the risk of severe weather this evening. When the atmosphere overheats and reaches abnormal values, very strong thunderclouds often form, releasing intense thermal energy in the form of severe phenomena.
Therefore, storms that form on days of extreme heat, like today in the state of Rio de Janeiro, are very common to become destructive storms. Since the station went offline and stopped transmitting data, there is no information about wind speed in Niterói, but videos indicate gusts of 100 km/h to 120 km/h with high potential for damage.
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