In 24 hours, the Recife metropolitan area, the Zona da Mata and the Agreste of Pernambuco registered rainfall of more than 100 millimeters.

Recife, Olinda, Jaboatão dos Guararapes, São Lourenço da Mata, Igarassu and Abreu e Lima and at least twelve other municipalities recorded rainfall of more than 200 mm in 24 hours.

It rained in the capital Maceió, more than 250 mm of precipitation, which exceeded the historical monthly average of the place.

[4] The government declared a situation of emergency, as well as 14 municipalities in the Greater Recife metropolitan region and also requested the support of the Northeastern Military Command for the search and rescue service.

On the day of the tragedy, President Jair Bolsonaro made 1 billion reais available for emergency aid and for rebuilding houses.