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Severe Storm Batters Greater São Paulo, Leaving Over 200,000 Without Power

Restoration efforts intensify following a substation failure that compounded wind damage to the grid.

Overview

  • By Tuesday morning, Enel reported 208,590 customers without power across 24 municipalities, including 170,524 in the capital, as restoration continued.
  • The outages followed a 10:50 a.m. Monday shutdown at an Isa Energia Brasil substation that Enel says affected about 900,000 customers at peak, with the cause under technical investigation.
  • State civil defense tallied 24 injured, eight people left homeless and 33 displaced, and municipalities enacted emergency measures including suspended classes in Cotia and a calamity decree in Botucatu.
  • Wind and rain damaged infrastructure across the metropolis, with partial collapses at CPTM’s Brás station and Shopping Tamboré and flight cancellations and diversions at Congonhas.
  • Toyota’s Porto Feliz engine plant sustained severe structural damage and halted production without a restart date, prompting a three‑shift stoppage in Sorocaba for lack of engines as 30 workers had minor injuries.