Pinheiros drowned Friday as cyclone rains turned avenidas into torrents, trapping 200 cars and forcing divers to pluck families from submerged SUVs, per G1 São Paulo's live chopper feeds. The 1 PM deluge—80 mm in 90 minutes—swamped viaducts, with rescuer Paulo Mendes hauling a mother and toddler from a flooded Fiat: "Water rose like a beast—they're safe now." Mayor Ricardo Nunes activated 1,000 drones for evac pings, sirens wailing from Perdizes to Vila Olímpia.
G1 crews, knee-deep in Vila Mariana, captured chaos: A metro station awash, 500 sheltering on platforms. Viewer tips flooded—#SPInundada hit 400,000. Mendes: "Homes ruined, but lives first." Nunes vowed R$100 mi aid, blaming "urban sprawl." As pumps churned, hope held—local lens on lifeline.
