Brazil Fast-Tracks Aid After EF3 Tornado Levels 90% of Rio Bonito do Iguaçu, Leaving Six Dead

Overview

• The federal government formally recognized a state of calamity in an extra edition of the Diário Oficial using a summary procedure that unlocks rapid emergency transfers and relaxes procurement rules.
• Gleisi Hoffmann led a federal delegation to the region and said resource releases should begin by Monday, with measures under discussion to open FGTS withdrawals and provide INSS support.
• Paraná set up emergency shelters as more than 1,000 residents were displaced, while health teams, the National Civil Defense and the Força Nacional do SUS reinforced local response.
• Authorities confirmed six deaths in Rio Bonito do Iguaçu and Guarapuava, reported hundreds injured, and ended urban-area searches after receiving no further reports of missing persons.
• Simepar rated the tornado EF3 with winds near 250 km/h linked to an extratropical cyclone, and local leaders say the city will require a full reconstruction effort.