Federal Government Recognizes Calamity After EF3 Tornado Devastates Rio Bonito do Iguaçu

Overview

• Local authorities report roughly 90% of the town damaged, six deaths confirmed and at least 750 injured.
• More than 1,000 residents are displaced as shelters open in nearby cities such as Laranjeiras do Sul.
• The recognition was formalized in an extra edition of the Diário Oficial using the Rito Sumário to speed transfers, with an initial cap of R$200,000 for a municipality of Rio Bonito’s size.
• The state decreed three days of mourning and a local state of calamity, while firefighters and civil defense continue searches and damage assessments.
• Simepar classified the tornado as EF3 with winds up to about 250 km/h, associated with an extratropical cyclone now shifting offshore.