The city of São Paulo and its metropolitan area still have more than 800,000 consumers without electricity, two days after strong winds caused damage in several locations.

The phenomenon was caused by the arrival of an extratropical cyclone associated with a cold front and knocked down more than 330 trees, many of which fell onto the cable network and cut off the power supply.

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At the height of the problem, the metropolitan region of São Paulo had more than 2.2 million customers without electric service. By the end of Thursday (Dec. 11), there were still 1.3 million consumers without electricity.

According to the energy distributor Enel, 802,474 customers remain without the service. In the city of São Paulo, the number is 585,000 consumers, equivalent to 10 percent of the total.

No forecast available

Enel reported that it has restored power suply to about 1.2 million customers out of a total of 2 million affected. The company did not provide a forecast for when the more than 800,000 remaining consumers will have their electric service back. Enel notes that some of the cases are complex and require the replacement of poles and transformers, which takes more time to complete.

Data from the São Paulo State Public Security Secretariat (SSP-SP) show that from January to October 2025, 53 cases of femicide were recorded in the city of São Paulo. This is the highest annual figure since 2018, even without including the months of November and December.

Throughout the state of São Paulo, 207 femicides were recorded from January to October of this year. In the same period last year, there were 191. This represents an increase of 8 percent when considering the first ten months of the year.

“The crime of femicide was defined in federal law in March 2015. From then on, cases began to be counted separately from other types of homicide. The law classifies a murder as femicide when it involves domestic or family violence, or contempt or discrimination against the victim’s status as a woman. Penalties for the crime range from twelve to thirty years in prison.”

According to data from the SSP-SP, in 2025, the capital surpassed the number of cases recorded in all previous years, even without counting November and December.

Year	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025 (until October)
Cases	29	44	40	33	41	38	51	53

Combat

Through a statement, the SSP-SP said that combating violence against women is a priority for the state government, and that the secretariat maintains several initiatives focused on the issue, including the so-called Lilac Booth, which has already provided approximately 14,000 services to women victims of violence throughout the state of São Paulo.

The project, initially implemented in the capital, was expanded to Greater São Paulo and to the interior of the state, with units in the regions of Campinas, São José dos Campos, Bauru, São José do Rio Preto, Sorocaba, Presidente Prudente, and Piracicaba.

“Created for the first time within the scope of the Military Police Operations Center (Copom), the Lilac Booth offers humanized assistance provided by female police officers trained to support and guide victims of domestic violence. The officers supply information on protective measures, reporting channels, and support services, and can also dispatch patrol cars when necessary,” she explained.

According to the SSP-SP, there are 142 territorial Women’s Defense Police Stations (DDMs) in the state, and the number of twenty-four-hour DDM rooms has expanded by 174.1 percent, reaching 170 spaces in police stations, where victims can be assisted by videoconference by a female officer.