Strong gales linked to a cold front left five fatalities, triggered power outages, and severely disrupted public, maritime, and air transport in the Brazilian states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. In São Paulo, gusts exceeding 120 km/h claimed three lives: a man died in the port city of Santos and another in Sorocaba after trees fell onto vehicles, while a fisherman perished when his boat capsized off São Sebastião. Across Rio de Janeiro state, two additional deaths occurred when a wall collapsed in the Santa Teresa district, in the centre of the state capital. 🇧🇷🌬 Fuertes vientos en el sur de Brasil provocan derribos de estructuras y afectan el metro en Río de Janeiro💥 Las ráfagas en la ciudad brasileña de Río de Janeiro alcanzaron los 92,5 kilómetros por hora en la Base Aérea de Santa Cruz. Rio de Janeiro’s weather alert system warned that gusts could reach 90 km/h between Wednesday and Thursday.