Overview
- Officials report six dead, 432 injured and two missing in Rio Bonito do Iguaçu, with the toll subject to change as assessments continue.
- Vehicles were overturned and entire houses destroyed in the town of roughly 14,000 residents, with civil defense estimating about 90% of the area affected.
- Regional monitoring measured winds between 180 and 250 km/h during the brief but severe tornado.
- Emergency teams are combing debris for survivors and have opened a shelter in a neighboring municipality, authorities said.
- President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva expressed condolences as federal and state leaders pledged humanitarian aid, equipment and reconstruction support, with security forces mobilized.