A tornado killed at least six people and injured around 750 as it destroyed most of a town in southern Brazil, authorities said Saturday.

The twister on Friday evening flipped cars like toys and wrecked buildings in Rio Bonito do Iguacu, a town of 14,000 people in Parana state, officials said.

The storm lasted only minutes but hit with hail and ferocious winds swirling at up to 250 km per hour (155 miles per hour). Aerial photos show the town largely obliterated, with wrecked buildings and debris everywhere.

“It destroyed everything. It destroyed the town, houses, schools. What will become of us?” Roselei Dalcandon said as she stood by a pile of rubble that used to be her shop.

The tornado killed at least six people and injured around 750, the Parana state government said. One person i

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