Sao Paulo City Turns Into Night After Black Cloud From Amazon Fires Covered The City During Daytime

On Monday, Brazil’s most populous city suddenly plunged into darkness as thick black clouds from the raging Amazon forest fires slowly crept over the busy metropolis.

Residents have been reporting the dark clouds since around 3 PM and the city has been completely covered by thick dark almost for over an hour before slowly creeping away. In an interview with Folha De S. Paulo, meteorologist Franco Nadal Villela said the darkening was caused by a cold front from the east of São Paulo meeting with the fine dust brought in from the fires in Mato Grosso do Sul. 

And it doesn’t end just there – some residents collected rainwater that was black as tar, even though the fires are burning over 1,700 miles away from Sao Paulo and the winds still managed to carry the black dust this great distance.