The death toll from a tornado that passed through the state of Paraná in southern Brazil on Friday rose to six on Saturday, with over 430 injured, local authorities reported. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva expressed his solidarity with the victims on social media and announced the dispatch of specialized personnel in disasters and reconstruction to the area, as well as the emergency force of the Unified Health System. In turn, the governor of Paraná, Carlos Massa Ratinho Junior, declared a state of public calamity to expedite the disbursement of resources to help victims and rebuild the city, which suffered significant damage with numerous homes and buildings destroyed. The storm that began on Friday afternoon tore off roofs, toppled utility poles, and destroyed homes, leaving a scene described by rescue teams as 'a war zone.' Nearly 80% of Rio Bonito do Iguaçu, a city of about 14,000 inhabitants, was destroyed, according to the local press. Damage was also reported in neighboring cities such as Candói, Laranjeiras do Sul, and Guarapuava. During the night on Friday, more than 3,000 homes remained without electricity, and the water supply was also affected, while a field hospital was set up to treat the injured. According to the Paraná Meteorological System (Simepar), the tornado was preliminarily classified as an F2 category, with winds between 180 and 250 kilometers per hour. The strong winds caused by the extratropical cyclone also affected other southern states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, and the rains reached the southeast as far as the state of São Paulo.