NASA image recorded extratropical cyclone over southern Brazil this week

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The recordings were made by NASA’s GOES-19 weather satellite. The images were shared online.

The passage of this phenomenon generated intense rains and gales across the country, causing damage in several regions of the country. On Tuesday, the southern municipalities were the hardest hit. In the town of Palhoça, Santa Catarina, a couple and a baby died after the car they were in was swept away by the force of water during a storm.

Since Wednesday, the cyclone had already moved away from the coast and headed towards the ocean. This movement, as expected, caused even stronger wind gusts in part of the Southern region, east of São Paulo, south-central Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro. The National Institute of Meteorology (Inmet) has issued an orange alert for this entire area, due to the risk of wind storms between 60 km/h and 100 km/h.

Strong gusts of wind hit the city of São Paulo and the metropolitan region and caused power outages, water supply problems and damage on Wednesday. According to the Climate Emergency Management Center, winds reach 90 km/h.

The outage also affected the operation of the São Paulo Hospital, located in Vila Clementino, in the southern area of ​​the city, whose power supply was restored early yesterday afternoon. Flights were canceled at Congonhas airport. According to the Aena concessionaire, according to air traffic control, 45 arrivals and 48 departures were canceled.