Overview
- Local officials say two people remain missing and warn the numbers could rise as search teams comb debris.
- Civil defense reports roughly 90% of the 14,000-resident town in Paraná was affected, with widespread structural damage.
- State monitoring estimates peak winds between 180 and 250 km/h, with overturned vehicles, collapsed homes and hail reported.
- Security forces are mobilized and the federal government is preparing humanitarian aid, as President Lula offers condolences.
- The national meteorology institute maintains danger-of-storm alerts for Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, while Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo raised alert levels for wind and rain.