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Santo Augusto declares emergency after tornado damages about 150 homes
A tornado hit Santo Augusto in southern Brazil, damaging about 150 residences.
The storm struck around 1:18 a.m.
on Saturday, and the city declared an emergency on Monday.
The emergency is classified as level two, meaning the damage can be managed with local resources, potentially supplemented by state or federal support.
This is different from a level-three disaster, which leads to a public calamity declaration.
No deaths have been confirmed in the state’s latest disaster update, which counted five injured people and damage to homes across Rio Grande do Sul.
Seven tornadoes were confirmed in Rio Grande do Sul during 2026, including one in Santo Augusto and another in Palmeira das Missões on the same day.
The emergency declaration allows authorities to respond to the damage, but no further steps were specified.
Santo Augusto declared a state of emergency after a tornado damaged about 150 homes.
The municipal Civil Defense issued the declaration on Monday, November 9.
The tornado struck around 1:18 a.m. on Saturday, November 7.
Authorities classified the emergency as level 2, described as medium intensity.
No deaths had been confirmed in the statewide disaster update cited by the report.
- Who
- Santo Augusto’s Municipal Civil Defense declared the emergency.
- What
- The city declared a state of emergency after a tornado affected about 150 homes.
- When
- The tornado struck around 1:18 a.m. on November 7; the emergency was declared on November 9.
- Where
- Santo Augusto, in the northwest of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
- Why
- The tornado damaged about 150 homes.
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A tornado struck Santo Augusto at around 1:18 a.m.
Santo Augusto’s Municipal Civil Defense declared a state of emergency.
- Homes affected
- About 150
- Tornado strike
- November 7, around 1:18 a.m.
- Emergency declaration
- November 9
- Emergency level
- Level 2, medium intensity
- Location
- Santo Augusto, northwest Rio Grande do Sul