Three things to know
- Rodízio is back to normal for plates ending 1 and 2.
- Civil Defense issued a state-wide alert for persistent storms through Tuesday, with hail risk.
- Power restoration is still ongoing after Sunday’s storm, even as the city starts a workweek.
São Paulo begins the week with rules and friction. CET’s morning snapshot shows 56 km of slow traffic in the south. It shows 38 km in the east and 37 km in the west.
The center is at 28 km and the north at 20 km. Bus corridor speeds sit near 21 km/h toward neighborhoods and 19 km/h toward the center. Rodízio applies to plates ending 1 and 2 during peak windows.
The bigger signal is the state alert. Civil Defense warned of persistent rains between Monday and Tuesday. The forecast includes lightning, strong gusts, and isolated hail.
Officials say the heaviest rains should hit Tuesday, focused in western São Paulo state near the Paraná border. They classified risk as “very high” in Vale do Ribeira and Itapeva, and “high” in Sorocaba and Bauru.
The state’s emergency center said it would keep a 24-hour watch, with a remote crisis cabinet and concessionaires on standby.
The practical reason this matters is power and mobility. After Sunday’s storm, reporting cited more than 114,000 customers without electricity at the peak.
By 06:00 on Monday, one update said about 10,033 properties were still without power across São Paulo city and the metro area. That is the kind of residual disruption that hits elevators, card payments, and commutes.
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