Áraucaria falls on top of a school that will have Enem applied in Curitiba; evidence is kept on site

A large araucaria tree fell on the Colégio Estadual Emílio de Menezes, in Curitiba, during the storm that hit the capital of Paraná on Saturday afternoon (8). The institution is one of the places where the National High School Exam (Enem) will be administered this Sunday (9).

Despite the damage, the test continued. According to the State Department of Education (Seed), candidates can normally attend the exam location.

The falling tree destroyed part of the school's roof and damaged four classrooms. The affected environments were isolated.

From the state network alone, 205 students are registered to take the test at the school. The total number of participants, including candidates from other education networks, was not reported.

The forecast is that the araucaria will be removed on Monday (9). Until the last update of this report, there was no information whether classes for students enrolled at the school would be affected.

Around 221.8 thousand people signed up to participate in Enem 2026 in Paraná, according to data from the Ministry of Education (MEC).

Curitiba had around 300 tree falls in just a few hours

Curitiba had around 300 records of falling trees and branches due to the storm that hit the city. Winds of up to 72.72 kilometers per hour were recorded.

Until the beginning of Saturday night, Civil Defense had responded to 56 incidents in the capital of Paraná, including roofing, damaged parts of buildings and the risk of falling trees.

The storm left damage throughout Paraná. Copel, the state's electricity company, defined the storm as "the worst weather event from the point of view of the scope of the effects on the energy network that supplies the state".

Around 424 thousand consumer units were left without power at the same time.