Paraná Confirms Seventh Tornado Death as Recovery Deepens in Devastated Rio Bonito do Iguaçu

Overview

• State officials added a seventh death in Paraná, identifying 70-year-old José Eronides de Almeida from Rio Bonito do Iguaçu, whose acute cardiac failure was classified as post-trauma in the disaster context.
• About 20 people remain hospitalized and 835 received medical care, according to the health department’s latest tally.
• Authorities report no remaining missing persons as crews shift to restoring water and power and coordinating distribution of food, potable water and other donations.
• The regional death toll stands at eight when including one fatality in Rio Grande do Sul.
• Rio Bonito do Iguaçu, a town of roughly 14,000, saw about 90% of buildings destroyed, with school reconstruction authorized and the ENEM exam postponed locally.