Storms Batter São Paulo as Inmet Keeps Severe-Weather Alerts Across South and Southeast

Overview

• São Paulo entered a citywide flood alert at 5:28 a.m., with morning downpours inundating streets and slowing traffic on the Marginal Pinheiros.
• Enel said about 45,000 customers in the capital and 56,800 across the metro area remained without power by late afternoon.
• Wind gusts at Congonhas Airport reached 70 km/h, and firefighters rescued a driver injured after a tree fell on his car in the South Zone.
• Interior cities also faced disruption, with Campinas reporting multiple flooded roads and tree falls and Piracicaba under storm and heavy-rain advisories.
• Inmet maintained warnings for Santa Catarina with gusts up to 100 km/h and hail risk and for Rondônia with rain of 20–30 mm/h and winds up to 60 km/h.