Editorial staff of El País
The passage of the Santa Rosa storm through Uruguay This weekend has left several consequences, including several traffic lights affected in Montevideo. The Montevideo City Hall (IMM) announced this Sunday which are the corners where extreme caution must be taken, because The traffic lights may be off o in flash.
As expected, this Saturday was the day in which the Santa Rosa storm hit Uruguay harder, with strong winds and rain throughout the day. Before the weekend, the storm was expected to last three days: Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
“In Uruguay the cyclone caused heavy rains locally. There was also gusts of wind“, explained the Brazilian agency Metsulwhich collects data from the Uruguayan Institute of Meteorology (Innumerable), detailed: “The strongest gusts of wind until dawn on Saturday were 68 km/h in the Willow Lagoon66 km/h and Colonia62 km/h and Montevideo and 57 km/h in Atlantis“.
On the other hand, the IMM reported that no evacuations were reported, but it received “a total of 212 requests” corresponding to sanitation problems (collectors, covers, storm drains), fallen trees or branches and cleaning of water courses.
Which traffic lights are affected by Santa Rosa?
In addition, the IMM announced that there are still Traffic lights affected by the stormOn the one hand, there are those that are turned off and there are also others that are “in flash”.
According to the latest update, the affected traffic lights in the capital are the following:
Traffic lights off:
- Jose Enrique Rodó and Dr. Joaquin Requena
- Agraciada and San Martin
- Gracious and Marcelino Sosa
Flashing traffic lights:
- Av. Italia and Dr. Alejandro Gallinal
- Maldonado and Osvaldo Cruz Road
- President Berro and October 8th
- President Berro and Urquiza
We update:
Traffic lights off:
🚦Jose Enrique Rodó and Dr. Joaquin Requena
🚦Agraciada and San Martin
🚦Agraciada and Marcelino Sosa
Flashing traffic lights:
🚦Av. Italia and Dr. Alejandro Gallinal
🚦Maldonado and Osvaldo Cruz Road
🚦President Berro and October 8th
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— Montevideo Transit (@imtransito) September 1, 2024
The commune indicates that “if you see broken, turned off or malfunctioning traffic lights, remember that you can send the word Traffic light to 099 019 500 to report such situations.”
