São Paulo Under Flood Alert After Extreme Mobile Warning as Storms Intensify

Overview

• INMET’s danger alert runs from Saturday morning to Sunday morning for parts of the South and Southeast, citing 30–60 mm of rain per hour or 50–100 mm per day and wind gusts of 60–100 km/h.
• The city of São Paulo was placed under a citywide state of attention for flooding at 5:49 p.m., and Defesa Civil issued an “alerta extremo” that sounded on residents’ phones.
• CGE reported several impassable points during the evening downpours, including stretches of Avenida Professor Luiz Ignácio Anhaia Mello and Avenida do Estado in the East Zone.
• Forecasts point to additional heavy showers and thunderstorms on Sunday with potential for new flooding and a high risk of landslides on slopes.
• Friday’s storm left one person dead and another missing after a car carrying an elderly couple was swept away in the South Zone.