The last anomalous cyclone off the Brazilian coast was two years ago and its impact led to the death of one person in Uruguay and another in Porto Alegre.
The Tropical Storm Akará developed off the coast of southern Brazil between Sunday night and early today due to the strengthening of a low pressure center that had previously gone through stages of a subtropical depression and tropical depression. The The Brazilian meteorological agency Metsul reported that “this is one of the very rare episodes of a tropical storm, a stage prior to the hurricane in tropical cyclones.” .
According to weather forecast models, Akara will continue through the southeast of Brazil and “will remain in the open sea at all times, without touching land. Although he strong wind field of a cyclone can extend for hundreds of kilometers,” Metsul said.
“An impact that can be felt on the coast is the sea agitation with higher waves, but nothing significant,” adds the agency. Another possibility within the continent is the generation of isolated rains: “The cloud bands of the cyclone can bring cloudiness to the continent which, when interacting with warm air, can cause isolated rain and occasionally localized thunderstorms”.
The The last time a cyclone was named off the Brazilian coast was two years ago with Yakecanwhich unlike Akará, was classified as a subtropical storm. Yakecan moved from the south towards the coast of Rio Grande do Sul, causing significant damage and unfortunately resulting in the death of a person in Uruguay and another in Porto Alegre. Furthermore, around a million people were left without electricity supply in Rio Grande do Sul.
Recently, other two tropical storms near the coast of Brazil: Iba and an unnamed one. Tropical Storm Iba formed in March 2021 from a low pressure system which intensified after the arrival of a cold front near the coast of Bahia, but did not cause significant damage.
On the other hand, tropical storm 01Q, In February 2021, it was not named by the Brazilian Navy and was classified as such by NOAA. this storm did not cause significant damage since it remained at a considerable distance from the coast, near the coasts of Río Grande del Sur and Uruguay.
Last January, At least 10 people died in Rio de Janeiro after heavy rains that hit the city in the early morning. The storm overflowed the Acari River, flooded hospitals and subway stations. It also reached the electrical grid and let in some parts of the district to users without light, for more than six hours.
Source: Ambito
