Overview
- State civil defense reports roughly 90% of Rio Bonito do Iguaçu’s buildings damaged or destroyed after winds estimated at 180–250 km/h with hail.
- Search-and-rescue continues with a field hospital, emergency shelters, helicopters and additional crews, and authorities caution that more victims may be found.
- Injury estimates rose from an initial 432 to around 750 as assessments advanced, with at least one person listed as missing.
- The Paraná governor declared a state catastrophe and three days of mourning, and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva dispatched ministers and pledged rapid aid.
- Weather services issued storm alerts for Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul after the strike on the town center of roughly 14,000 residents.