Tree partially falls and hangs on top of high voltage wires in the South Zone | Rio de Janeiro

Rio – Part of a tree cracked and was left hanging on top of high voltage wires, on Rua Santa Clara, in Copacabana, South Zone of Rio, late this Friday morning (22).

The street was closed so that Comlurb employees could remove the branches and clean the area, which was completed around 1 pm, when the street was reopened. Traffic in the region is still suffering major impacts.

In another part of the South Zone, there was also an incident with a falling tree. Two cars were hit on Rua Gomes Carneiro, near Visconde de Pirajá, in Ipanema. Nobody was injured.

Light employees are on site to carry out repairs to the electricity wires. CET-Rio, Comlurb and the Municipal Guard were also called to clean the place and control traffic, which is experiencing disruption.

In a statement, Light informed that the entire electrical network on Santa Clara and Gomes Carneiro streets are underground and that, therefore, there were no problems with energy distribution in the regions.

The capital of Fluminense has been under alert stage 2 since Thursday night (21), which indicates the possibility of serious events in the city. For this Friday, strong storms are expected.