This Friday morning (17) Fire Department from Trombudo Central, ten adults and an eight-year-old child were rescued from a bus stuck in a flood on the BR-470 in Agronomica.

A boat was used to reach the rescue site.

The bus driver and passengers were rescued on Friday morning (17) – Photo: Disclosure/ND

In addition to the driver, the passengers remained, according to rescuers, in a safe place. They were traveling on a Penha bus.

BR-470 is blocked due to flooding in parts of the valley.

In addition to KM-148–150, in Agronomics the BR-470 has blocking points at other points in the region. According to the PRF (Federal Traffic Police) in Apiun, at km 99, traffic is in half lane due to a fallen barrier.

Flood on KM-148 BR-470 in Agronomics. – Photo: Dnit/ND

There is still a point of limitation: only one lane is open in Central Trombudo at km 158. There are still incidents involving falling trees and barriers in Lontras and Laurentino that are under investigation.

Around 11am, DNIT completed clearing the road between km 111 and 114 of BR-470 at Ibiram and traffic at that location returned to normal, traffic in both directions.