Rio de Janeiro's Civil Defense issued a severe alert this Tuesday, the 1st, warning about strong winds and heavy rains. The recommendation is that residents avoid open areas and stay in safe places during the period of climatic instability.
Due to the bad weather scenario, the city of Rio de Janeiro entered stage 2 of attention. The Rio Operations Center confirmed that the alert was raised on Tuesday afternoon.
The cause of the change in weather conditions is the passage of a cold front through the region. The weather forecast indicates heavy rain accompanied by lightning and strong and localized wind gusts starting this afternoon.
