Power Outages and Flooding Hit São Paulo as INMET Warns of More Heavy Rain Through Monday

Overview

• INMET alerts remain in effect from March 7–10 for parts of Brazil’s South and Southeast, with forecasts of 20–30 mm per hour and 50–100 mm per day and wind gusts generally between 40–60 km/h.
• In Greater São Paulo on Saturday, all regions entered attention status for flooding, São Bernardo do Campo logged 90 mm in under an hour, and Enel reported about 90,800 customers without power at 5:06 p.m.
• Belo Horizonte and its metro area saw more than 30 water‑rescue operations during Friday evening’s storms, with blocked roads and localized inundations reported by firefighters.
• Guaratinguetá recorded roughly 150 mm between Thursday night and Friday, the Piagui River overflowed, streets flooded, and six residents remained displaced as cleanup progressed on Saturday.
• Forecasters attribute the temporals to a cold front organized by the cyclone, with strong storms expanding from the South into São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Minas Gerais, prompting ongoing safety guidance and emergency contacts (Defesa Civil 199; Fire Brigade 193).