Deadly disasters in southeastern South America: flash floods and landslides of February 2022 in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro

On 15 February 2022, the city of Petrópolis in the highlands of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, received an unusually high volume of rain within 3 h (258 mm), generated by a strongly invigorated mesoscale convective system. It resulted in flash floods and subsequent landslides that caused the d...

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Main Authors: Alcântara, Enner, Marengo, Jose A., Mantovani, Jose, Londe, Luciana R., San, Rachel Lau Yu, Park, Edward, Lin, Yunung Nina, Wang, Jingyu, Mendes, Tatiana, Cunha, Ana Paula, Pampuch, Luana, Seluchi, Marcelo, Simões, Silvio, Cuartas, Luz Adriana, Goncalves, Demerval, Massi, Klecia, Alvalá, Regina, Moraes, Osvaldo, Souza Filho, Carlos, Mendes, Rodolfo, Nobre, Carlos
Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/171477
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English