A severe storm hit São Paulo on Friday, January 24, 202, causing widespread flooding, power outages affecting 180 000 residents, and damage to multiple structures across the city.
Extreme rainfall hit parts of Minas Gerais, Brazil late Saturday into Sunday, January 11 into 12, 2025, causing destructive landslides in which at least 10 people lost their lives. Most casualties were reported in Ipatinga where nearly 80 mm (3.1 inches) of rain fell in just one hour, causing widespread destruction.
Powerful winds and torrential rains produced by Subtropical Storm Biguá wreaked havoc across the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul since its formation on Saturday, December 14, 2024. The storm toppled trees and power lines, and damaged homes, buildings, and infrastructure, leading to at least two injuries in Butiá.
Severe thunderstorms hit parts of Argentina, Uruguay and southern Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul on Sunday, December 1, 2024, bringing strong winds, heavy rain and large hail. The worst affected was Rio Grande do Sul where about 3 million people were left without power.
Isolated storms, ranging from moderate to severe, are forecast in several regions of Brazil as November concludes, driven by hot, humid tropical air creating unstable atmospheric conditions.
Southern Brazil is bracing for heavy torrential rainfall between Tuesday and Wednesday, November 19 – 20, 2024, with regions like Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina expected to experience precipitation exceeding 100 mm (3.94 inches), according to MetSul Meteorologia.
Central and southeastern Brazil were hit by strong winds and heavy rain on Friday and Saturday, October 11 and 12, 2024, causing widespread damage and leaving 8 people dead.
A very cold air mass is forecasted to cause a significant drop in temperatures across multiple regions of Brazil by the end of this week. The South, Southeast, Central-West, and even parts of the North will experience this temperature decrease, with the possibility of frost in several states and potential snowfall or freezing rain in the higher-altitude areas of the South Region.
Heavy rainfall across southern Brazil has caused severe flooding and landslides over the past 9 days, significantly affecting the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Parana, and Santa Catarina.
A powerful atmospheric river began affecting Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil on April 29, 2024, resulting in massive flooding across the region. By early May 6, 2024, the storm affected 334 of the state’s 496 cities, including the capital Porto Alegre, claimed at least 75 lives, left over 100 people missing, and impacted more than 1 million residents. This severe weather event is described as the most disastrous in the state since 1941, surpassing previous records in terms of both scope and damage.
