Heavy rains and cold hit Brazil over the weekend

Meteored highlighted that "showers will be recorded in virtually the entire country." In the Northeast, Salvador has already been facing the consequences of the storms since Thursday (20), with reports of "flooding, collapses, landslides, and roof damage." The forecast indicates continued instability in Bahia and the southern regions of Maranhão and Piauí between Friday (21) and Sunday (23), with volumes that can exceed 250 millimeters. The same band of instability is expected to cause high accumulations in Tocantins, where precipitation can reach 150 millimeters. In the rest of the Northern region, the atmosphere will remain unstable, forming showers between the afternoon and evening in all states. In the South, the advance of a new cold front will cause rain throughout the territory, affecting Rio Grande do Sul starting Friday (21) and moving to Santa Catarina and Paraná over the weekend. In Rio Grande do Sul, the predicted accumulations are low, with only the possibility of ...