Inundações no semiárido da Paraíba: estudo de caso nos municípios de Patos e São João do Rio do Peixe

Abstract

Considering the magnitude of the occurrences of the flood phenomenon in the state of Paraíba, the present work has the objective of analyzing the risk of flood disasters in the municipalities of Patos and São João do Rio do Peixe from 2000 to 2017, besides diagnosing the urban planning situation of the municipalities, considering the sanitary, environmental and infrastructure aspects. The development of the work was based on the analysis of the pluviometric data obtained in the Executive Agency of Water Management of the State of Paraíba (AESA-PB). Already the identification of the hydrometeorological disasters was done through the Ministry of National Integration through its Emergency Situation Recognition (SE) and the State of Public Calamity (ECP), offered by the Disaster Registry Database, managed by the National Secretariat Protection and Civil Defense (SEDEC) available on the website of the Integrated Disaster Information System (S2ID). The Damage Assessment forms (AVADAN) of the National Civil Defense System (SINDEC) were also used. During the study period, six flood events with the highest frequency of records were identified in the months of March and April, and in one of the events studied in 2009 in the town of Patos, due to the severity of the damages caused, there was a need to declare SE. In relation to the type of hydrometeorological disaster, it was verified a greater occurrence of floods or also denominated sudden floods.