Paraná Confirms Seventh Death as Tornado-Hit Town Reopens Schools and Starts Reconstruction

Overview

• Officials confirmed seven deaths in Paraná with at least 835 people treated; later updates listed 23 hospitalized, including five in ICU, and media tallies put the South’s total at eight with one death in Rio Grande do Sul.
• State schools in Rio Bonito do Iguaçu began a phased return, with five units reopening by Thursday; Colégio Ireno Alves resumes Thursday and Colégio Ludovica Safraider remains closed with students on printed or remote study plans.
• Fundepar released R$ 75,000 for immediate actions, deployed engineers to issue structural reports, and initiated emergency contracting, prioritizing works at the heavily damaged Ludovica Safraider campus.
• Damage estimates indicate about 1,500 homes destroyed or damaged in Paraná and a severely hit school transport fleet in Rio Bonito do Iguaçu, where 22 of 30 buses were disabled.
• Simepar classified the Rio Bonito do Iguaçu tornado as F3 with winds up to 330 km/h, part of at least six nearly simultaneous twisters confirmed across Paraná and Santa Catarina.