After 2 tornadoes and more than 4,600 homes affected, SC has 20 cities in an emergency situation

With the damage caused by the passage of a strong storm, Santa Catarina has 20 municipalities that have declared an emergency situation, Civil Defense announced in a press conference on Wednesday night (4). Most are in the West region, which had two confirmed tornadoes.

Some cities have been suffering from storms since Sunday (1st). This Wednesday, there was confirmation of two tornadoes, in Chapecó and Xanxerê, in the West, which occurred in the morning. The death of a young man was recorded in Rio Negrinho, in the North.

Check below the list of municipalities that have declared an emergency situation:

Abdon Batista, in Serra

Anita Garibaldi, in Serra

Catanduvas, in the West

Caxambu do Sul, in the West

Chapecó

Cunha Porã, in the West

Cunhataí, in the West

Fraiburgo, in the West

Guatambu, in the West

Iporã do Oeste, in the West

Ipumirim, in the West

Monte Castelo, in the North

Paial, in the West

Palmitos, in the West

Paradise, in the West

Rio das Antas, in the West

Rufino River, in the mountains

São Carlos, in the West

Vargem, in the West

Zortéa, in the West

Tree falls on house in Rio Negrinho — Photo: CBMSC/Disclosure

See other information about the damage, according to Civil Defense:

92 of the 295 municipalities in Santa Catarina recorded damage;

288 people affected;

1 death, in Rio Negrinho;

144 people left their homes and went to the residence of relatives or friends;

44 people are in public shelters;

4,642 homes were affected, half of them in Chapecó.

The recorded death was that of a 20-year-old young man. He was an employee at a gas station in Rio Negrinho. He died after the roof of the place collapsed during the storms.

Jonathan Oliveira da Cruz died after the roof of a gas station collapsed in Rio Negrinho, SC — Photo: Reproduction/NSC TV

In Chapecó, the wind destroyed part of the airport, with the gusts tearing off metal structures and destroying windows. Operations at the terminal were canceled until Friday (6).

In Xanxerê, there were several incidents of trees falling onto public roads, cars and homes.

Chapecó Airport after damage this Wednesday (4) — Photo: NSC TV/Reproduction

The West was also left without electricity. At the end of the morning, almost 190 thousand homes in the region were simultaneously without electricity.

In-person classes in the state education network were suspended until Thursday (5).