As of Monday night (12/15), around 95,000 properties were without electricity in the capital and the São Paulo metropolitan region. Although distributor Enel announced that it would restore electricity supply by the end of this Sunday (14/12), customers faced fluctuations throughout the sixth day of outage.
On Friday evening (13/12), the court ordered the dealership to immediately normalize the situation, under penalty of a fine of R$200,000 per hour in the event of non-compliance.
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Enel workers attempt to repair wiring in Ipiranga, south of São Paulo
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Wind felled trees in São Paulo
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A woman died this Friday afternoon (12/12), when she was struck by a falling tree. The case occurred on Arminda de Lima Street, in Guarulhos, in the São Paulo metropolitan region.
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Trees fall on cars in Ibirapuera
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Trees fall on cars in Ibirapuera
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Brasil Avenue, towards Ibirapuera Park
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Trees fall on cars in south SP
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Wind damage hits São Bernardo
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Firefighters received more than 500 calls for falling trees. Cars, buses and roads blocked after wind
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Wind felled trees in southern São Paulo
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Wind felled trees in São Paulo
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Power outage in São Paulo
- Residents of Greater São Paulo have been affected by a power outage for six days, after a wind with gusts of almost 100 kilometers per hour hit the region due to an extratropical cyclone formed in the south of the country.
- This Monday (12/12), the power supply is fluctuating. The level reached 26,000 properties which remained without power, but by the afternoon the number increased further and reached 50,000 customers in the dark.
- On Sunday (12/14), around 160,000 homes were still without electricity. On Saturday (13/12), more than 470,000 people were registered.
- Last Wednesday (10/12), the power outage affected more than 2 million properties in the capital of São Paulo and the metropolitan region.
- More than 800,000 properties remained without power on Friday (12/12). Previously, on Thursday (11/12), more than 1.5 million customers were without electricity.
- Other impacts of winds include lack of water, falling trees and flight cancellations.
- Some neighborhoods were also left without water. According to Sabesp, the lack of electricity is preventing homes from being supplied.
What does Enel say?
Enel said the number of customers without power is dynamic and can vary throughout the day. “While teams are restoring supply at certain points, new incidents may be recorded in other sections of the network, whether due to weather factors, objects thrown onto the network (kite, branches, among others), the activation of automatic protections or technical maneuvers necessary to carry out repairs. Consequently, the total number of impacted customers fluctuates constantly,” the concessionaire indicated, in a note.
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