1.3 million people are without electricity in Sao Paulo, Brazil, after rains and winds on Friday

( Spanish) – Nearly 1.3 million people remain without electricity this Saturday night in Sao Paulo, after the rains and winds of more than 100 km/h that affected the Brazilian state on Friday night, the energy distribution company reported. In it.

The number of affected inhabitants represents 17% of Enel’s clientele, the concessionaire company said in a statement, adding that as of 6:40 pm (local time), its teams had managed to restore service for 750,000 customers.

“In some cases, the work to restore power is more complex because it involves the reconstruction of entire sections of the network,” the company argued, adding that it will mobilize more technicians to address the problem.

According to their data, Sao Paulo capital is the most affected municipality with 870,000 people without electricity. They are followed by Taboao da Serra, with 91,000; Cotia, with 79,800; Sao Bernardo do Campo, with 70,400; and Santo André, with 66,600.

In this context, the Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy reported this Saturday in a statement that it established a situation room to follow up on the problem and sent a letter to the National Electric Energy Agency to demand that Enel accelerate its work, ” in order to guarantee the rapid restoration of electricity in the metropolitan region of Sao Paulo.”