Storm kills at least 13 people in southeastern Brazil. The storm comes after a heatwave in the region, where a felt temperature of 62.3ºC was recorded on Sunday in Rio de Janeiro.
The situation in Petropolis is “critical”, due to “intense rains and the overflowing of the Quitandinha River”. Two more children died Friday in rain-related incidents on the Sao Paulo coast. The storm is due to the arrival of a cold front which wreaked havoc mid-week in Rio Grande do Sul.