Cristina Malcov, 67, took everything out of her freezer before leaving her apartment in Brazil's largest city last Friday. She had been over 48 hours without electricity and was using flashlights to guide herself through her home at night.
Her neighborhood, Mirandópolis, in São Paulo, saw a power outage on Wednesday after an extratropical cyclone passed through southern Brazil, affecting the region. As of Wednesday, most businesses in the neighborhood remain closed, and Cristina is staying with her son in Interlagos, over 20 kilometers away.
