Brazil’s Extratropical Cyclone Moves Offshore After Deadly Winds and Major Flight Disruptions

Overview

• Gusts in São Paulo neared 98 km/h, including 96.3 km/h at Congonhas, while Rio recorded up to 74.8 km/h with multiple fallen trees reported.
• Aviation operations were heavily affected, with 167 flights canceled at Congonhas, 31 arrivals diverted from Guarulhos, 38 cancellations at Santos Dumont, and 14 cancellations in Goiânia linked to São Paulo.
• Authorities and media reported three deaths in Palhoça, Santa Catarina, after 137 mm of rain, and a 51-year-old man was confirmed dead in a landslide in Campos do Jordão that left eight people homeless.
• More than 2 million properties lost power in São Paulo, and Rio’s Avenida Niemeyer and the Tim Maia cycleway were closed under COR‑Rio’s wind-threshold protocol.
• Inmet models indicate the cyclone is shifting farther out to sea and weakening, with severe winds and major storms expected to ease, though residual gusts persist in parts of the Southeast and Center-West.