- Heavy rainfall, strong winds and thunderstorms continued to affect the Minas Gerais state, south-eastern Brazil since the beginning of the rainy season (late September 2024), with an increase during the first weeks of 2025, causing floods, landslides, and several severe weather-related incidents, mainly due to the strong wind that have resulted in casualties and damage.
- The Civil Protection of Minas Gerais state reports, as of 3 February, 26 fatalities, where the worst affected is the Ipatinga municipality with ten fatalities. In addition, the same source also reports more than 400 evacuated people in a numbers of temporary shelters, and nearly 3,700 displaced people across 141 municipality throughout the state.
- Over the next 48 hours, more heavy rainfall is still forecast over the western Minas Gerais state.
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