Videos show the collapse of a wall and intense winds during a storm that left 424,000 properties without electricity in Paraná

Videos recorded by security cameras and residents show the strength of the storm that hit Paraná on Saturday (7).

In Pinhais, in the Metropolitan Region of Curitiba, a camera recorded the moment when an entire wall of a condominium collapsed. Despite the material damage, no one was injured.

Simone de Arazao, resident of the Afonso Pena neighborhood, in São José dos Pinhais, filmed the storm from her balcony. In the images you can see the strength of the wind.

A similar situation was recorded by a security camera in the Cajuru neighborhood. In the images, you can see that the storm worsens in less than a minute.

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.

In Curitiba, from 12pm on Saturday until 7am on Sunday, the Municipal Environment Secretariat registered 563 requests related to falling trees and branches. Of them, 255 generated assistance. Winds of up to 72.72 kilometers per hour were recorded.

According to the secretariat, approximately 60 situations of trees falling or needing to be removed due to damage caused by the storm 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.

Cerro Azul had wind gusts of up to 99 km/h, according to Simepar. Another 10 cities in Paraná recorded winds above 70 km/h at Simepar stations until 5:15 pm.

In Loanda, in the Northwest, winds reached 96.5 km/h. In Londrina, in the North, at 91.4 km/h at around 3pm. In Santa Maria do Oeste, in the Central region, winds reached 90.7 km/h, at around 12:45 pm.

See the list of cities in Paraná with winds above 50 km/h:

Cerro Azul: 99 km/h at 2pm

Loanda: 96.5 km/h at 2pm

Londrina: 91.4 km/h at 3pm

Santa Maria do Oeste: 90.7 km/h at 12:15 pm

Laranjeiras do Sul: 80.3 km/h at 11am

Maringá: 77.4 km/h at 2:45 pm

Guarapuava: 75.6 km/h at 11:45 am

General Carneiro: 74.5 km/h at 9:15 am

Cornélio Procópio: 73.4 km/h at 3pm

Palmas (Horizon District): 70.9 km/h at 9:15 am

Santo Antônio da Platina: 70.6 km/h at 3:30 pm

Altônia: 69.5 km/h at 1:30 pm

Telêmaco Borba: 69.1 km/h at 2pm

Guaíra: 62.6 km/h at 12:45 pm

Cascavel: 62.3 km/h at 11:45 am

Toledo: 60.5 km/h at 11:45 am

Cambará: 57.6 km/h at 12:15 pm

Palotina: 57.6 km/h at 1:15 pm

Palmas: 56.5 km/h at 9am

Guarapuava (Entre Rios District): 56.2 km/h at 11:30 am

Umuarama: 56.2 km/h at 1 pm

Cianorte: 55.1 km/h at 2:15 pm

Nova Prata do Iguaçu: 53.6 km/h at 9:45 am

Assis Chateaubriand: 52.9 km/h at 12:45 pm

Ubiratã: 51.8 km/h at 12:30 pm