Severe Storms Sweep Central-Southern Brazil as Inmet Keeps Heavy-Rain Alerts in Place

Overview

• Inmet maintains orange and yellow warnings across wide areas with potential for 30–60 mm per hour or up to 100 mm per day and winds near 100 km/h.
• One man died and 58 were injured in Regente Feijó after a storm caused a structure to collapse during a university event, according to São Paulo’s Civil Defense.
• Paraná’s Civil Defense reports 15 municipalities affected, 5,318 people impacted, 444 displaced, 60 homeless and 4,056 properties damaged as authorities coordinate the response.
• At least five municipalities in São Paulo — Regente Feijó, Assis, Barretos, Américo Brasiliense and Araraquara — are being guided to declare an emergency to expedite relief and recovery.
• Cities in Goiás, the Federal District and Mato Grosso do Sul logged fallen trees, floods and outages — including a 100 km/h microburst in Araraquara and a sinkhole in São Carlos — prompting school and service suspensions as utilities work to restore power.