The mayor of Rio has threatened to jail a local weatherman for forecasting heavy rains — and being wrong about it. The mayor says that, given Rio’s recent spate of flooding — a result of heavy rains — the weatherman’s forecast could have caused a general panic among the Rio populace. South America Daily reports about weatherman Luiz Carlos Austin:

Alberto Guimaraes Jr., the city’s acting chief prosecutor, said he would likely charge Austin with sounding a false alarm, punishable by up to six months in prison.

[…]Guimaraes said that Austin’s forecast contradicted the predictions of civil defense authorities, who said the day would begin cloudy and clear gradually.

Well, if the defense authorities said so…

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