The hurricane, which killed six people in Sao Paulo, uprooted 874 trees and tore off the roofs of hospitals and shopping centers.

A severe storm that hit the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo and the capital region late Friday, with heavy rain and winds exceeding 100 km per hour, killed at least six people, Sao Paulo’s civil protection service said this week. Saturday. Just over an hour, between 16:00 and 17:20 local time, from 19:00 to 20:20 in Lisbon, Brazil’s largest city seemed to be under a hurricane, so strong was the rain and wind, rarely seen in Lisbon. that metropolis.

All six fatal victims were either struck by collapsed walls and walls or by trees toppled or uprooted by the wind. According to the latest report from the Sao Paulo Fire Department, which is a branch of the military police, at least 874 trees fell in the city between 15:30 and 20:00 local time on Friday, many of which were large and several were uprooted the force of the wind, collapsed nearby walls, fell on cars and houses, and dragged poles and power lines with them.

This Saturday, more than 18 hours after the start of the hurricane, several areas of São Paulo were still without electricity, namely Morumbi, Moema and Vila Mariana, all in the southern zone, as well as large parts of Lapa and others in the western zone. , leaving thousands of people without power at home or at work. Food delivery apps were unable to fill most orders Friday night as restaurants and bars with arrangements were left without power or flooded.

Congonhas airport, located in the southern zone, the country’s second busiest, recorded the city’s strongest wind gust in years – 103.7 km per hour, which is unusual for the south-eastern region of Brazil, where the weather tends to change . be more moderate. The wind even blew some planes away, and landings and takeoffs were suspended for more than an hour, and the passenger terminal was left in darkness for a long time as generators were not available for all requests.

With avenues completely flooded and blocked by trees and poles, traffic in Brazil’s already congested largest city came to a complete standstill. Public transport was also seriously affected: buses were stuck in huge traffic jams, and subways and trains had to slow down.

In the cities of the metropolis, the chaos was repeated and even expanded, as in some of them the force of the rain and wind was even more intense. In Santos, where winds of 151 km per hour were recorded, huge ships were rocked by the force of the wind in the port of Santos, the largest in Latin America, and the roof of the Santa Casa da Misericordia hospital was simply blown away. one of these impulses. In the same coastal area, the walls of the municipal hospital of Guaruja collapsed and a medical facility was flooded, and in another beach town, Praia Grande, the roof of the Litoral Plaza shopping center collapsed, fortunately, in all these latest cases, no one was injured. with gravity.