Brazil’s Northeast Faces Red and Orange Rain Alerts Through Friday

Overview

• Inmet keeps multi‑level alerts active across large swaths of the Northeast, North and Center‑West, with several warnings valid through Friday morning, including statewide notices for Ceará and renewed alerts for Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba and Pernambuco.
• Forecasts point to very intense rain in hotspots such as Tocantins, southern Maranhão and Piauí on Friday, with daily totals that can reach 100 mm and localized bursts above 60 mm per hour.
• Measured accumulations are already extreme in cities like São Luís, which recorded about 240 mm in 72 hours, while Salvador surpassed its monthly average in four days and logged at least 136 civil‑defense occurrences.
• Authorities report urban flooding, road disruptions and landslide threats, including flooding in Cachoeira (BA) that affected about 80 families, as strong gusts of 60–100 km/h raise risks of treefall and power outages.
• Meteorologists attribute the episode to overlapping ZCIT and ZCAS moisture corridors with added instability from a monitored subtropical cyclone; the public is urged to follow guidance, call Defesa Civil (199) or Bombeiros (193), and in Maranhão register for SMS alerts by sending a ZIP code to 40199.