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Floods, massive power outages, fallen trees and gridlock are the new normal in Sao Paulo, long seen as one of Brazil's best-run cities, which is now struggling with frequent extreme weather events linked by experts to climate change traffic jams: chaos stalks one of t the largest cities in the world and the economic heart of Brazil. Associated with climate change, the storms have transformed the lives of the 12 million inhabitants of Sao Paulo, a city that has always boasted of functioning better than others such as Rio de Janeiro and whose services and infrastructure have made it a mecca for large companies.

World

How climate change turned Sao Paulo’s drizzle into a storm

Subtropical Sao Paulo may enjoy warm temperatures year-round nowadays, but the Brazilian mega-city once had weather that resembled London. Such was Sao Paulo’s reputation...

AFPApril 29, 2025

Rescuers carry a girl, who had been trapped for hours under the rubble of her house that was destroyed by heavy rains in Petropolis, Brazil, on March 23, 2024

World

Brazil races to save flood victims as storm death toll rises

Rescuers in boats and aircraft raced against the clock Sunday to help isolated people in Brazil’s mountainous southeast after storms and heavy rains left...

AFPMarch 24, 2024

Members of the Civil Defense, firefighters and local residents work to rescue victims of heavy rains in Petropolis, Brazil

World

Southeast Brazil battered by downpours, over a dozen killed

A powerful storm has claimed at least 13 lives in southeastern Brazil, particularly in the mountainous parts of Rio de Janeiro state, where authorities...

AFPMarch 23, 2024

Landslides triggerd by deadly rains in the hard-hit hillside neighborhood of Sahy, in the city of Sao Sebastiao, in southeastern Brazil

World

Climate change, rampant urbanization fuel Brazil storm disasters

Climate change and unchecked construction in flood- and landslide-prone areas are making disasters like the violent storm that killed at least 48 people in...

AFPFebruary 23, 2023

World

Chaotic climate, chaotic cities fuel Brazil flood toll

Violent rain has killed scores of people and forced thousands from their homes this year in Brazil’s most populous states, a disaster experts blame...

AFPMarch 4, 2020