Two teenagers aged 14 and 17 were buried under a fallen wall because of heavy rains and strong winds that struck Itaperuçu in the Curitiba metropolitan area (RMC) on Friday night (30).
Firefighters had stated that they were playing ball when the storm got stronger, around 7 pm, and was trying to protect themselves from the rain behind the wall, which eventually collapsed. Both died instantly.
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According to Somar, the storm was formed by the pbadage of a cold front badociated with a depression in the center-west of the country, causing strong winds
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"It was the most terrifying two minutes of my life – I have never seen such a wind in my life," said Eliane Jeremias, Administrative Assistant.
The only hospital in the city was also partially destroyed. Part of the roof and windows were blown.
The hospital was flooded and patients had to be transferred to Rio Branco do Sul.
Mayor Hélio Guimarães (PSD) announced that he would declare the disaster.
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