RIO DE JANEIRO — A tornado battered a city in southern Brazil, killing two people, injuring 120 others and forcing more than 1,000 people from their homes, officials said Tuesday.
The National Institute of Meteorology said a supercell storm produced the tornado that struck Xanxere city in the state of Santa Catarina on Monday.
The storm damaged about 500 homes and knocked down lampposts, leaving many residents without electricity. Two people were killed, apparently inside their homes, and 120 have been taken to hospitals, including 15 who were seriously injured, said Santa Catarina’s civil defense director, Luciano Peri.
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