Bad times! Storms cut off power to 2.1 million households in Sao Paulo state, Brazil

According to Brazilian media reports, according to the Sao Paulo state civil defense department, an earlier strong storm accompanied by record strong winds hit the city of Sao Paulo and its metropolitan area, killing at least seven people and power outages for 2.1 million residents and business users. causing traffic paralysis, business shutdowns and inconvenience to residents' lives.

According to the Civil Defense Department, the wind speed recorded during the storm reached 107km / h, the highest since 1995, surpassing the wind speed of 103.7 km / h set in November last year. As a result, the accident occurred at night, and seven people were killed due to strong winds that destroyed some buildings, collapsed walls and fallen trees.

According to Enel   SP in S ã o Paulo, 1.6 million customers have not been restored in the 14 hours after the storm, and so far more than 400000 have not been restored.

But during this period, torrential rains have affected the state so badly that the S ã o Paulo Fire Department and the Civil Defense Department have dealt with more than 500 rainstorm-related accidents across the state, including tree collapse and wall collapse. In addition, some towers have also been damaged, and the power supply system has been damaged, affecting the operation of households and merchants in many cities, resulting in serious economic losses.

The blackout not only affected the family life of many households, but also encountered major obstacles to business operation, including small businesses and some large manufacturing industries, and many owners faced problems of overstocking and non-delivery, which had a direct impact on the Brazilian economy. Even once affected the water supply, due to the interruption of power supply, affecting the operation of tap water pumping stations and booster machinery, these booster machines are the equipment to carry tap water to higher places, so the water supply in some alpine areas is interrupted.

Earlier, the whole of South America was hit by severe drought and forest fires, particularly in Brazil. According to the report, about 22.38 million hectares of forest fields in Brazil were destroyed by the fire, and the fire was severe in Sao Paulo state. 46 cities in the state were declared a state of emergency because of the fire in August.

However, by early October, Brazil's climate department predicted that most of southern Brazil, including Grand Southern, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo, Goas and Minas, could receive up to 100 millimeters of rain. However, due to historic strong winds, which led to storms, destroyed some power facilities, buildings and trees, killed seven people and injured many others, and severely affected by power outages in several cities, power supply has not been restored in some areas for a total of three days.

At present, Brazilian coffee has been harvested and is in the planting stage of the new production season, but the fire destroyed some coffee plantations and suffered heavy losses. In addition, although the storm can alleviate the dry weather, it is very limited. It is reported that the rainfall in October in Sao Paulo state is only 15.21mm, far below the historical average of 124.46 mm. Moreover, the high temperature continues, and the average temperature in October is about 26 °C, which is 6.5 °C higher than the historical average temperature of 19.5 °C. In addition, the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil's largest coffee producing region, had a lower-than-normal rainfall of 33.4 millimeters in the most recent week. This climate will be detrimental to the growth of coffee in the new season, and many Brazilian coffee institutions are reducing their production in the new season, which is expected to drop by more than 6.8%.

The coffee of Brazil 2024 apperance 25 production season has been harvested and is currently in the process of processing and export. However, in Sao Paulo, coffee processing plants are mainly concentrated in the southern part of the state near the port of Santos, but are now affected by power outages, resulting in problems such as overstocking and non-delivery, which may adversely affect coffee production and quality. And the power outage will have a certain impact on transportation and port work, which will aggravate the port delay and is not conducive to coffee export.

As coffee production in Brazil, Vietnam and other countries is still below expectations, coffee prices are still high, ICE Arabica coffee futures rose 3.71%, coffee "C" futures rose 3.71%. Robusta coffee futures rose 3.40%. If the situation in Brazil does not improve in the future, prices will remain high.

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