Identification of extreme rainfall events and disasters triggered by rain in the city of Petrópolis-RJ

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https://doi.org/10.18472/SustDeb.v14n2.2023.49463

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extreme precipitation, Petropolis-RJ, Disasters related to precipitation, Occurrence of disasters

Abstract

The municipality of Petrópolis/RJ/Brazil is prone to extreme rainfall events that cause damage and direct and indirect economic losses. In order to verify the increase or not of these events, this study evaluates the temporal pattern of rainfall in the municipality (1976-2022), identifying whether the event that occurred in 2022 can be considered an extreme event, as well as the relationship between rainfall and impact intensity, in terms of damage and losses triggered. The accumulated rainfall over 24 hours (RX1), over 5 days (RX5), the 95th and 99th percentiles (R95 and R99), the Rainfall Anomaly Index (RAI) and trend analyses using the Mann-Kendall method, as well as loss and damage data were then calculated. The results did not indicate a trend towards an increase in precipitation extremes, although they did confirm the February 2022 event as an extreme event, which stood out as the largest within the historical series analysed. 

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Sara Carolina Soares Guerra Fardin, Master’s Degree in Environmental Engineer, Professor, Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, Brazil

I am a Forestry Engineer (Federal University of Espírito Santo, 2010), with a Master's in Environmental Engineering (Federal University of Espírito Santo, 2014). CurrentlyI work as a professor at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Espírito Santo, Vitória Campus. I've experience in Water Resources Management in urban areas, Urban Planning and risk management,  developing research on the following topics: environmental urban planning, assessment of hydro-environmental impacts and natural disasters.

Viviana Aguilar-Muñoz, PhD in Remote Sensing, Researcher, Cemaden, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil

I am a Topographical Engineer (Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia, 2002); Specialist in Geographic Information Systems (UN, 2005); Master (2009) and PhD (2014) in Remote Sensing (National Institute for Space Research, INPE/MCTIC, Brazil) and a researcher in disaster risk reduction.

Leonardo Freire Dias, Master’s in Defense and Civil Security, Consultant, Thalweg Project, Niterói, RJ, Brazil

Graduated in Geography ( Federal University of Juiz de Fora, 2013). Post Graduated in Economics and Environment (Federal University of Paraná, 2014). Post Graduated in Public Management in Protection and Civil Defense (Federal University of Juiz de Fora, 2022). Master in Defense and Civil Security (Universidade Federal Fluminense, 2021) and PhD student in Natural Disasters from Universidade Estadual Paulista.

Beatriz Justen Mussi Tanus e Bastos, Geographer, Master’s Student, Fluminense Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Master's student in the Geochemistry Program at UFF. Geographer from the Fluminense Federal University. Undergraduate student in Geography at UFF.

Ana Paula Martins do Amaral Cunha, PhD in Meteorology, Professor, Cemaden, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazill

Graduated in Physics (Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, 2004). Master in Meteorology (National Institute for Space Research, 2007). PhD in Meteorology (National Institute for Space Research, 2013). I am currently a researcher at the National Center for Monitoring and Alerting Natural Disasters (CEMADEN).

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2023-08-31

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Fardin, S. C. S. G., Aguilar-Muñoz, V., Dias, L. F., Bastos, B. J. M. T. e, & Cunha, A. P. M. do A. (2023). Identification of extreme rainfall events and disasters triggered by rain in the city of Petrópolis-RJ. Sustainability in Debate, 14(2), 84–113. https://doi.org/10.18472/SustDeb.v14n2.2023.49463

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