For Nottingham Forest fans he is the Brazilian brick wall who is brought off the bench to shore things up; the man trusted by Nuno Espirito Santo to help see games out During the 383 minutes Morato has spent on the pitch — across two starts and 11 sub appearances — since signing from Benfica in the summer — Nottingham Forest (@NFFC) August 30, 2024 He is the 6ft 4in (193cm) no-nonsense powerhouse; one of few men who can be more physically imposing than his central defensive colleague, and Serbia captain, Nikola Milenkovic Even among myriad tattoos that adorn his arms and hands there is one that tells an emotional story — one that reveals something about what motivates Morato every day as he looks to play his part in the remarkable season that is unfolding under Nuno he has a tattoo that is a tribute to his sister who passed away in 2018 from cancer at the age of just 15 When a young fan who followed Morato’s Sao Paulo under-20 team was fighting her own battle with cancer it unsurprisingly struck a chord with the defender The entire team shaved their heads ahead of a cup final who got the youngster to shave his head herself in the changing rooms prior to kick-off “She was a girl who had cancer in Brazil and she had followed all the matches of the youth team I was playing in at the time That was in January 2019 and a year earlier I had lost my sister (Rafaela) to cancer so it was very special for me to see that and very emotional for me,” Morato says in an interview with journalists at the Nigel Doughty Academy we all came together and gave her a present It is a present we as players will never forget and hope that she won’t either Morato left Brazil’s Sao Paulo region where he had been born In Portugal, he got to experience Champions League football and won the Primeira League title in 2022-23 before Forest paid £12.6million to sign him last August Despite making only two Premier League starts he has already established himself as something of a cult figure among fans Nuno regularly brings on Morato and switches to a back three to help preserve victory — something that is vital for a side that has taken the lead in 16 of their 20 league games That’s my job,” says Morato when asked if he takes pride in having conceded only a single goal during his time on the pitch help to shut out goals and shore up the defence so that’s what I’m proud to do But the championship is not over yet and we want to make sure that the number of clean sheets only continues to go up “I think it does show he (Nuno) has got faith in me He has put me in there for some big games and I think he is going to carry on doing that He is very open and he speaks with all of us he can be a little bit more agitated but that is normal He is somebody who gets great results and who is very efficient in what he does.” I’m new here and I’m still learning English,” says Morato we have a manager in Nuno who’s also a Portuguese speaker Morato is likely to start in the FA Cup clash with Luton Town at the City Ground which will be followed by a huge Premier League match, when leaders Liverpool visit on Tuesday Forest have notched up six consecutive league wins following their 3-0 success at Wolves last week — the most back-to-back victories they have secured in the top flight since 1967 It was enough to secure Nuno his second manager of the month award of the season many continue to question how long Forest will be able to maintain the form that has pitched them into Champions League contention We have been through a hard sequence of matches but we have won them and that gives the team confidence,” says Morato we have a direct match against our rival at the top We can cut their advantage and that would give us even more confidence sometimes experts are talking from having played in different eras Our team has experienced and young players Our job is to go out there and win matches and that’s what we’re doing We are in this fight for the title because we deserve to be “I may be young but I have a lot of games under my belt. I have won titles. That’s the sort of thing that counts for a lot. We have other players with a lot of experience. You have Murillo as well, who has been called up for the Brazil team so it creates a sense of experience and solidity We can handle big games in the Premier League.” Morato sees a group with the quality to challenge for a place in the Champions League But he also believes they can forge a push for the title — and the FA Cup “If you ask me now whether to go for the league or the cup I would say either of them because we have that confidence,” he says “This has to be the objective as the more we win the more it gives us the confidence we need to continue in that vein “Brazilians know about Nottingham Forest. They know it is a historic club. There is a lot of support for Forest out there, and even more so now. Brazilians loved what Leicester City did when they won the title (in 2015-16) I feel really proud to be part of what feels like the best moment this club has been in Morato will have a role to play in Forest’s latest underdog story (Top photo: MI News/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Matrix composed of various indicators used to evaluate school performance Five cities in inland São Paulo State are using a method capable of flagging inequalities across their public education networks with simplified indication of schools posting outstanding performance and those in need of attention and interventions created by the Sérgio Henrique Ferreira Chair of the Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of São Paulo (IEA-USP) is based on a matrix of indicators that reflect different dimensions of pedagogical development age-year distortion (number of students two or more years older than that expected for each school year) and their performance in mathematics and Portuguese language these measures demonstrate whether or not municipal public schools are overcoming the learning challenges and problems arising from the socioeconomic situation around them produced georeferenced maps of the cities of Ribeirão Preto in which schools are represented in these municipalities by colors summarizing their performance; from red (indicators requiring attention) “The aim is to improve the efficiency of educational management The methodology is based on statistical modeling and data science to inform education departments and administrators and facilitate the decision-making process,” explains chemical engineer Mozart Neves Ramos and incumbent of the Sérgio Henrique Ferreira Chair which seeks out ways to contribute to public policies in medium-sized cities The method has been used since last year to assess students in the 5th and 9th year of elementary education (6–15 years) and enabled comparison between performance evolution at the schools between 2017 and 2019 helping administrators to identify issues and their causes the chair’s data analysis group coordinator says that one of the differentials of this method is the focus on small and medium-sized municipalities and the use of statistics to analyze the relationship between different educational indicators “The aim is to gauge the inequality of performance in a network,” he explains The next step in the initiative will be to apply the methodology for the first time in a big city — the São Paulo municipal education network — providing a more accurate diagnosis of educational inequalities across the 13 administrative regions of the municipality A partnership agreement has been signed between the chair and the São Paulo Municipal Education Department the diagnosis also helps to assess whether the causes of poor performance come from within or outside the school “When a school is located in a community with high rates of violence or drug use The children live under stress,” he states Ramos goes on to emphasize that these solutions are not necessarily simple “The diagnosis allows the department to assess whether there is a management problem problems are frequently associated with a scarcity of teachers qualified in certain subjects math teachers have to give physics and chemistry classes.” Chair researchers analyzed data from the network of 109 municipal schools in Ribeirão Preto a city in the northeast of São Paulo State with a population of more than 700,000 a drop in the performance of one of these units when comparing indicators from 2017 and 2019 The percentage of students with satisfactory learning in the Portuguese language plummeted from 93% to 77% The researchers visited the college and found that during this time frame Portuguese and math teachers had been moved into management roles and replaced by other less experienced teachers Another important factor was that in this period the school did not run an enrollment selection process taking on local students at different learning levels 57 km from the São Paulo state capital and with a population of 423,000 a municipal school network of 104 schools and 38,000 students improvements were seen in performance across the educational facilities attributed to a public policy developed over the two most recent mayoral terms This is down to the “school unwalling” method aimed at adapting elementary-level education curricula to get students outside the classroom and closer to nature and the city in which they live in addition to using digital technologies to put them in virtual contact with museum collections from other countries this methodology has helped to demonstrate how much each school has been able to draw on the pedagogical proposal “It was a nice surprise to see a school that had an average external assessment score below 7 (on a scale of 1 to 10) improve and score 8 after they started to work with the unwalling methodology,” says the secretary “When I ask a school’s management what happened they very clearly respond that they put the children to work with aspects of nature to improve their scientific repertoire using recreational strategies to improve their level of writing and held monthly meetings with teachers to address issues at the school and monitor the performance of each pupil,” she explains Ferrari goes on to say that at schools that underwent internal changes where the methodology was still in the implementation phase she witnessed a shift in the performance measured using the IEA-USP Chair method such as the retirement of experienced teachers and their replacement by younger ones where it is not always possible to reproduce strategies already in place,” she says is to spread the word on the solutions and innovations adopted successfully among schools experiencing difficulties “This knowledge needs to be shared across the whole network and data- and evidence-based methodology gives a solid basis to show what is working well.” the methodology has become a tool for monitoring the performance of 14 elementary education units The school network has also benefited from a supplementary initiative by the Sérgio Henrique Ferreira Chair in the form of an introductory course in educational data analysis for school principals and managers instructing on how to obtain and interpret information and use it in decision-making “Managers are not generally prepared to analyze data Our primary education coordinator took the course and immediately began to apply the knowledge to our network,” explains Cordeirópolis education secretary Angelita Ortolan today we can run very specific evaluations and analyze the difficulties experienced by each school enabled 33 managers from across 10 municipalities and an in-person edition last year in Ribeirão Preto qualified 29 people from 17 towns and cities “We want our managers to independently obtain and analyze the data The idea behind this type of training is to spread a data-analysis culture,” says Ruggiero who coordinates the offer of these courses for the Chair The strategy is now enshrined in municipal legislation in Cordeirópolis and Batatais the two city halls approved laws instituting public evidence-based education policies in their municipal systems “A law of this kind is essential for the municipality to implement educational actions based on scientific research and studies and reducing educational inequalities,” says Victor Hugo Junqueira whose educational network covers 4,500 students across eleven schools and nine crèches is that consolidated research groups can help to improve the quality of education “If managers don’t support those dealing with the numbers everything ends up being based on guesswork and the children don’t learn,” says Mozart Ramos an aficionado of data use in the formulation of educational policies since his time as executive president of the movement Todos pela Educação (All for Education); Ramos is currently a member of the FAPESP Board of Trustees Lira says that the strategy was born of efforts to understand why the performance of Brazilian students in math generally becomes stagnant or declines during the final years of middle-level education and during high school contrary to what happens with other subjects “Our student assessments revealed that the low levels of consolidation in certain basic knowledge areas such as how to deal with arithmetic operations Another finding is that failings in teacher qualification contribute to the issue — not all have instructional mathematics tools to help the students After identifying the basic knowledge areas presenting difficulties for students the teachers collaborate to formulate didactic sequences to resume and review content “We produce structured materials that can be adapted to the different learning pathways and offer suggestions on how to implement them.” The outcome of this strategy based on assessment of over 300,000 pupils from the three years of high school education there was no drop in performance in math among state-network students during social isolation and exams demonstrated that bottlenecks currently faced by students are related to more complex high school education content and no longer to those at primary/middle level — a notable qualitative improvement,” concludes Lira The story above was published with the title “The educational inequality map” in issue 342 of august/2024 © Revista Pesquisa FAPESP - All rights reserved. Official Website of Nottingham Forest Football Club “I’ve never even seen snow before today. I will be honest if I had to choose between playing in the warm and cold, I’d go with warm! But it is something different, it’s good for me to experience because I know I am going to have to get used to it.” Having arrived in the summer transfer window, it’s taken some time for the centre-back to be exposed to more typical British weather, but it’s not a complete culture shock. “It’s not really that new. They say it’s much colder here than in Portugal, but it gets cold there as well. I was told the cold here is much, much harsher, but I’m adapting well and the longer I’m here the more I will adapt.” Dressed in tattoos and standing at 6’4, the centre-back cuts an imposing figure, but in his first in-depth chat with us, his calm and friendly manner comes to the fore. “To be honest most of the tattoos don’t have any meaning, I just get things I like! This one does, though (pointing to his right wrist/ forearm). It’s for my sister, who passed away in 2018, it’s in her memory.” Along with James Ward-Prowse, Morato signed from Benfica on deadline day, rounding off what was a successful summer for Forest in the transfer window. His excitement over the move is evident as he reflects on his arrival. “I could see there was a clear project, with a goal of going to the next level and achieving more, that was what attracted me to the Club. “I could see too a really good structure was in place and I knew that it is a big, historic Club. I knew that last season was tough, but that experience has helped everyone and our start to the season reflects this rejuvenation. We need to keep going and achieve more.” Born in Brazil, Morato takes his name from the place he grew up, Francisco Morato, a suburban City to the west of São Paulo. As he reflects on his earliest memories of kicking a ball, the influence of futsal is clear. “I remember being six or seven, playing futsal in my hometown, that’s probably my earliest football memory. I was just playing with my friends, most of them I am still in contact with today.” Along with Montevideo in Uruguay, São Paulo is one of the homes of futsal, something Morato believes supported his development. “I believe it does help somewhat, for sure. You have more contact with the ball in futsal, it’s a quicker game and you have to think faster. I think that’s a great starting point for children to speed up their development. “My dad also helped me, he played football for fun, not professionally. He played amateur football which we call Várzea in Brazil.” His football idol might be somewhat of a surprise given he plays in defence, but playing at the back came later in his development, a move which resulted in him getting noticed by his boyhood Club. “My idol was Neymar. I was 10-11 years old when he came through and everyone in Brazil wanted to play just like him. Everyone my age idolised him. “I played more as an attacker as a kid. I then moved back down the pitch as I got older and bigger, into midfield and then defence. “I was playing futsal in a well-known club called Portuguesa, I played both futsal and 11-a-side for “Lusa”. São Paulo scouted me when I was 14 and I went there at the start of 2016, when I was 15.” Speaking on his style of play, Morato’s physical attributes compliment the technical components first learned on the futsal pitch. “I think I’m strong with technical quality, I’m not slow for my weight and size, I can offer a lot in that respect. I’m strong in the air. Talking about myself like this makes it sound like I’m the perfect player!” The ability was noticed in Europe and in September 2019, at the age of just 18, Morato signed for Benfica. The challenges that came with the move back then perhaps helped the defender with his most recent transition. Shortly after his arrival, his first appearance for Benfica came in a 2-2 draw against Vitória de Setúbal. Ready for the challenge, the prospect of a first game came with nerves. “I remember the coach had spoken to me a day or two before about the chance of me playing. And you get that feeling – what\'s it going to be like? How will I react? How will I do? and it’s difficult to sleep.” Still a young player, Morato’s development in the 2019/20 was supported by his involvement in the UEFA Youth League, playing ten times and scoring once as Benfica finished as runners up after a narrow defeat against Real Madrid in the final. “It’s a great competition, very competitive. It was a joy to play in, not many players get the opportunity to compete in such a tournament. For it to have been complete and perfect, we needed to have won it. We had an incredible team; we missed out on the title which would have been the cherry on the cake. But even still, I learned so much.” Fast forwarding to September 2021, a key milestone for the defender was his first game in Europe’s most elite club competition, featuring in a 0-0 draw against Dynamo Kyiv. “It’s such a feeling, you mentioned the music, it really sinks in when you’re there and the game is about to start and the anthem plays. It was brilliant for me, despite the draw. To have made my debut in the Champions League at such a young age was amazing.” In August 2022, Morato’s season got off to the perfect start as he was named Primeira Liga Defender of the Month. The recognition was immediately followed by one of his biggest challenges, as he sustained an injury that kept him out of the side for the following few months. “We work hard, not towards being defender of the month, but it happened thanks to my work. Soon after came the injury, the only serious injury of my career. It’s frustrating of course, especially as I was unable to get a run of games afterwards. If I hadn’t had got that injury, then who knows? It was a really strange injury, last minute of the game, very strange. “These things happen and sadly this happened to me, we players are subject to this type of thing. It was another learning opportunity for me to come back from the disappointment and use the experience to make me a better player.” Arriving in England two years later, Morato was prepared for the physicality of the league and had heard much about the pace of the Premier League, making his debut brought this to life. “The intensity is the most surprising thing, if you’re not intense and focused from start to finish, then you will lose games, and that’s the case against all opposition. Everyone can win, and that is the beauty of this league.” He continues to adapt both on and off the pitch, learning the language and settling into life in Nottingham. “With my English I’m doing really well, though let me tell you three months ago when I first arrived it was tough! It’s easier now, I’m learning every day and feeling more and more comfortable.” His Head Coach agrees, with Nuno Espírito Santo heaping praise on Morato’s contribution since his arrival. “Every time he comes into the game, he has done very well. His individual performance has always been very good, because he always arrives in the game in a very stressful moment. “But he is always very focused, very determined and he works very hard on the training ground. That is the big advantage we have in our back line - we have players who we can rely on and trust to do the job.” Off the pitch, Morato’s family gained a member at the start of November as the Brazilian became a father for the first time. “It’s something else, you wait for nine months thinking about what it’s going to be like, how you are going to behave and when the baby arrives you don’t know what to do. It’s been great, excellent. Even if I’m going to lose a lot of sleep, it’s for a good cause! So it’s now time to enjoy it and be with her now and forever.” His goals moving forward are clear, and he’s been further inspired by the recent Brazil call-up for good friend Murillo. “Murillo has been putting in great performances and there’s no reason for him not to be called up. It helps that the team is in a good moment, it helps him get noticed. I believe if I follow his path, it could be me one day. Why not? “For me personally I can work even harder and get more game minutes and more opportunities. I hope our team continue doing as well as we have been. We’re on a good run at the moment, but we know it’s still very difficult. Who knows? I hope that we can be back playing in European competition. It’s what the club and project deserve. It would be great for all of us.” Five fatalities were reported in Várzea Paulista after a landslide destroyed a house Three people died in similar circumstances in Embu das Artes in Greater São Paulo Other rain-related fatalities were reported in Arujá (1) Authorities said around 500 families were displaced as a result of landslides and flooding Many of the fatalities occurred after landslides caused houses to collapse Heavy rain also caused severe flooding in Caieiras Jaú and Franco da Rocha where the Juqueri river overflowed Barueri 107.8 mm and Marilia 95.8 mm according to Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia (INUMET) figures State Governor João Doria flew over affected areas of Francisco Morato He announced the allocation of R$ 15 million (2.8 million USD) to affected municipalities of Arujá Embu das Artes and Franco da Rocha in the São Paulo Metropolitan Region Montemor and Rafard will also receive relief funds Richard Davies is the founder of floodlist.com and reports on flooding news Cookies | Privacy | Contacts © Copyright 2025 FloodList Brazil - January 2025 - A week of Salesian Missionary Action mobilised around 400 young people from the Missionary Animation Group (GAM) from 4 to 12 January experieincing a mission of evangelisation and spreading the Salesian charism in the different communities The young people were divided into seven locations including Salesians in formation and professed they devoted time and energy to missionary activitie moments of prayer and interaction with local communities the missionary experience was transformative and believing that with the charism and collaboration we can make the mission bear fruit in many hearts,’ said Tatiana a member of the GAM Lapa coordination team in Barueri Some groups had the privilege of carrying out the mission together facilitating the exchange of experiences and strengthening the bonds of brotherhood The experience strengthened the missionary spirit and reinforced the commitment to be a sign of God's love in the world reaffirming the propulsive role of young people in the evangelising mission of the Salesian Family ANS - “Agenzia iNfo Salesiana” is a on-line almost daily publication the communication agency of the Salesian Congregation enrolled in the Press Register of the Tibunal of Rome as n 153/2007 This site also uses third-party cookies to improve user experience and for statistical purposes By scrolling through this page or by clicking on any of its elements It’s been a wild transfer window already for Nottingham Forest, with 10 new signings arriving and a massive 26 players heading for the City Ground exit door But the fun doesn’t stop there and with a few hours remaining on transfer deadline day, Forest are still trying to strengthen Nuno Espirito Santo’s squad James Ward-Prowse looks all but set to arrive on a season-long loan from West Ham United with the midfielder heading to Nottingham to complete his medical Forest are also on the lookout for a goalkeeper, having made a bid for Liverpool’s Caoimhin Kelleher. At the back, it appears that Forest are closing in on signing Benfica centre-back Morato but who exactly is he here is all you need to know about the Reds’ potential deadline day defender Morato has an official Instagram account with 140k followers, on which he regularly posts interesting pictures of his life away from the pitch. You can follow him @morato. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Felipe Rodrigues (@morato) He also has an official X, formerly Twitter, account @Morato. Morato is in a long-term relationship with his partner Maria Leonor Pereira. The couple are expecting their first child, a daughter, in 2024. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Felipe Rodrigues (@morato) According to Portuguese outlet Record, Morato is heading to England to sign a contract with a Premier League club The Reds appear to have beaten out competition from both Tottenham and Fulham to sign the centre-back in a deal that is expected to cost around £18m Though summer signing Nikola Milenkovic and Murillo are expected to be the first-choice centre-back pairing, Forest are seemingly preparing for life without Murillo should he move to a bigger club next summer. Benfica are one of the best clubs in the world at finding young talent, typically before selling them on for massive profits. Brazil has been a particularly happy hunting ground for them and they swooped in to sign Morato from Sao Paulo’s youth ranks in 2019. He had to wait for his chance in the first team but broke in when an injury to Jan Vertonghen provided an opening in the 2021-22 season. The following season he overtook the veteran Belgian as first choice. He earned the Primeira Liga’s Defender of the Month award for August after helping his side keep three clean sheets and win four consecutive games. Though Morato can also play at left-back he is much more comfortable in the centre of defence. Last season, according to Fbref, Morato averaged three tackles a game – being particularly good at stopping dribbles – 1.5 blocks per game, 1.13 interceptions a game, 3.56 clearances a game and zero errors. Benfica B play in the Portuguese second division and Morato was a regular before being promoted to the first team. A Peninsula man is fighting for his life Tuesday, and two young men are in custody, after a brutal stabbing in the streets of San Bruno. Video posted on TikTok, shot by a person cruising along San Mateo Avenue Saturday night, shows two men attacking another man. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are One attacker is seen standing and kicking the victim, the other person in the gutter wrestling with the victim.  Witnesses pulled the two attackers off and said they kept the attackers on the scene until police arrived. By the time the person with the camera gets out of his vehicle and looks back, the victim was in the middle of the street badly bloodied. A relative of the victim identified him as 40-year-old Tony Ngaluafe of San Bruno, and said he was stabbed numerous times, once near his heart, and is in a coma following surgery. Court records show the attackers were in court Tuesday -- 19-year-old Marvin Dismuke was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, among other crimes, and 20-year-old Francis Morato was charged with two counts of felony battery. Witnesses said this all began when the two suspects were driving around the neighborhood shooting people at random with an airsoft gun.  It’s not the type of projectile that can kill you, it just stings, but it was enough to have someone confront them about it and that led to the stabbing right there on San Mateo Avenue. Relatives said what they’re doing now is praying for Ngaluafe’s recovery and they’re planning to start a GoFundMe site to help support his wife and his five children while he is hospitalized. Get a weekly recap of the latest San Francisco Bay Area housing news with the Housing Deconstructed newsletter. Why publish in Cureus? Click below to find out. Unlock discounted publishing that highlights your organization and the peer-reviewed research and clinical experiences it produces. Find out how channels are organized and operated, including details on the roles and responsibilities of channel editors. 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Dedicated Cranial Radiosurgery: Clinical Experience with New & Innovative SRS Technologies Real-Time Adaptive Motion Management on Helical and Robotic RT Platforms Please note that by doing so you agree to be added to our monthly email newsletter distribution list. causing floods and landslides in more than 20 municipalities Local media report as many as 24 casualties 24 injured and several houses flooded or destroyed According to the National Meteorological Institute (Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia Inmet) 87.2 mm of rain was recorded in 24 hours in Mirante de Santana a city of 600,000 inhabitants west of São Paulo recorded 61.6 mm of rain during the night between 10 and 11 March 2016 The intense rain resulted in several landslides that caused casualties and major damages Four people died and 7 injured in Mairipora Municipality buried in the night of 10 March by a landslide affecting several houses Major landslides also occurred also in Francisco Morato Municipality Several rivers have overflowed causing flooding in many densely populated areas of São Paulo damaging homes and causing severe disruption to local transport the Tietê River in Salto and the Atibaia River in the Campinas Region have all overflowed As many as 4 people have drowned in Guarulhos and Cajamar Several roads and railways lines were temporarily interrupted causing major issues to commuters working in the metropolitan region of São Paulo São Paulo-Guarulhos airport was closed for 6 hours Chuva em SP: Soterrados gritaram por socorro, diz morador de Mairiporã https://t.co/jZh8VltW3P #G1 pic.twitter.com/eLFB2NATuZ — G1 (@g1) March 11, 2016 Veja o sobrevoo que mostra os estragos causados pela chuva que atingiu São Paulo https://t.co/SWSAxYHGeQ pic.twitter.com/aMaRWGU7FR — Folha de S.Paulo (@folha) March 11, 2016 Deslizamentos causados pela chuva matam ao menos 10 em SPhttps://t.co/DF6w14m3Ok pic.twitter.com/aVeKgmQ6Ed — Terra Notícias (@TerraNoticiasBR) March 11, 2016 The rains that fell early on Friday 11 March caused damage and deaths in the city of Francisco Morato All photos courtesy of Prefeitura de Francisco Morato Alessandro Masoero is a hydrologist researcher working in South America on hydro-meteorological risk forecast and management At least 20 people died when heavy rains triggered flooding and mudslides on the outskirts of São Paulo Eighteen of those victims were killed in mudslides while the other two drowned in floodwaters São Paulo's fire department told the Associated Press Nine people died in the town of Francisco Morato while another four people died and eight were left missing following mudslides in Maripora (MORE: Texas Town Completely Cut Off By Floodwaters) The floods came after a period of intense drought that has gripped parts of Brazil for months The intense rain led to a six-hour ground stop Thursday at São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport and the heavy rainfall continued into Friday Commuter train service was also stopped for several hours on Thursday when tracks were overtaken by floodwaters Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff flew over areas hit hardest by flooding and mudslides to view the damage MORE ON WEATHER.COM: Flooding in the South We recognize our responsibility to use data and technology for good We may use or share your data with our data vendors The Weather Channel is the world's most accurate forecaster according to ForecastWatch, Global and Regional Weather Forecast Accuracy Overview At least 20 people died when heavy rains triggered flooding and mudslides on the outskirts of S\u00E3o Paulo S\u00E3o Paulo's fire department told the Associated Press The intense rain led to a six-hour ground stop Thursday at S\u00E3o Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.