A dramatic moment occurred in the center of Ubá, Brazildue to the intense storm that hit the Zona da Mata region of Minas Gerais. A woman clung to a light pole for three hours to avoid being swept away by water in the middle of a terrible flood.
Edna Almeida Silva She was at her home on Rua Camilo dos Santos with her fiancé and her 31-year-old daughter on Monday the 23rd when the rain started at night. As the hours passed, the rainfall intensified.
The family woke up in the early morning and tried to save the cars in their garage, but the water was faster to the point where the river behind their house overflowed, and with great intensity, The river demolished the house.
«I didn’t have time to reason. The water rising, rising, rising. And then there was that roar, and I felt like the water was spinning and knocking me over.«, the 31-year-old woman told the media. G1.
According to what she said, she quickly became submerged in the water, and not knowing how to swim He didn’t know how to get out. «The only thing I could think of was to ask, ‘Lord, don’t let me drown,'» he recalled.
The water dragged Edna away. In the midst of chaos and despair, he tried to hold on to what was around him. It was the debris in the water that allowed him float out and cling to a light post.
Miracle in the midst of the storm: the faith that saved Edna
A neighbor observed the situation from his balcony and began shouting for help. Another neighbor threw a ropewhich allowed Edna to hold on near the pole until the water flow decreased.
«My neighbor said ‘you’re not going to leave, I’m hugging you’. But I was losing strength and they told me to be patient, to have faith,» Edna said. When she managed to stand up on the ground, neighbors were able to help her enter a house through a window.
«I just asked, ‘Young man, what time is it?’ He told me: ‘Dona Edna, it’s 5:20 in the morning,'» he recalled. When dawn broke, the neighbors explained to Edna that it was three hours clinging to the light post.
«I gave everything I had and what God gave me to survive. It was a miracle, my faith saved me. And, as much as possible, I am trying to recover,» he said.
However, despite the gratitude for having survived, the storm destroyed his house and restaurant. But the material loss does not compare to the pain of, to date, not knowing what happened to your partner.
Luciano Franklin Fernandes50 years old, whom he planned to marry next month, was swept away by the water and is one of the 14 people missing due to the storm that has already left 54 dead.
«Still I hope to find it In a hospital or in another city, I don’t know. But the way the flood was, it’s just another miracle,» he concluded.
