Rio Bonito do Iguaçu
Municipality in Southern, Brazil
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Rio Bonito do Iguaçu is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.[2][3][4][5]
History
Rio Bonito means nice river and Iguaçu in Tupi means big water: y (water) and gûasu (big).[6]
2025 tornado
On November 7, 2025, a tornado hit Rio Bonito do Iguaçu, leaving a trail of destruction, six confirmed deaths, and dozens injured. The Paraná Environmental Technology and Monitoring System preliminarily classified the tornado as an F3, with winds exceeding 250 km/h.[7] However, experts from PREVOTS, Simepar, and MetSul Meteorologia, rated the tornado as an F4 a few days later.[8][9][10]
