Flights canceled as blackout leaves 1.4M without power in Brazil
2 days ago
- #Sao Paulo
- #power outage
- #Enel
- More than 1.4 million Sao Paulo residents lost electricity due to strong winds causing trees to collapse on the grid.
- Nearly 400 flights were canceled, with Congonhas and Guarulhos airports affected.
- Enel, the utility company, has 1,300 workers addressing the issue but provided no restoration deadline.
- 231 trees fell due to an extratropical cyclone in southern Brazil.
- Mayor Ricardo Nunes criticized Enel as 'irresponsible' for inadequate efforts in resolving the outage.
- Enel vehicles were seen idle in their parking lot, angering residents and officials.
- Water utility Sabesp reported electricity shortages affecting their pumping services.