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Rio de Janeiro windstorm fatalities and regional kills three, widespread outages
Mid‑June 2026 saw a record rainstorm trigger a landslide in the Rocinha favela, prompting temporary water‑supply shutdowns and slope‑containment work. In May, strong winds forced closures on the Rio‑Santos stretch of BR‑101. A The severe windstorm that struck Rio de Janeiro on 29 July 2026 brought produced gusts of up to 105 120 km/h in Rio and 125 km/h in interior São Paulo, prompting triggered a Stage‑2 alert. The storm caused Initial reports recorded two confirmed deaths—a deaths – a wall collapse in Santa Teresa and a missing fisherman off Angra dos Reis—and Reis – and left more than 1.34 million households without power, affecting roughly four million people. electricity. Light later identified an external fault as the cause of the outage. A third fatality was added when a falling tree struck a man in Santos, São Paulo. The storm also caused tree falls and power interruptions in Paraná (Araucária) and the coastal towns of Costa Verde, though no injuries were reported there. Transport networks were heavily disrupted: Metro Rio suspended Rio’s line 2 and briefly halted lines 1 and 4; limited service later resumed on remained suspended while lines 1 and 4 while line 2 remained out of operation. resumed limited service; BRT and SuperVia commuter trains were interrupted, interrupted; Santos Dumont Airport halted operations, operations and several flights at Galeão were diverted. The Port of Santos suspended navigation for over four hours. Fallen trees and downed poles blocked streets in Rio, Araucária (Paraná) and Costa Verde towns. Authorities urged residents to stay indoors and avoid high‑risk areas as the cold front moved eastward.