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 ferocious winds swirling at up to 250 km per hour (155 miles per hour). Aerial photos showed the town largely obliterated, with wrecked buildings and debris everywhere.

On Saturday, traumatized residents sifted through the rubble of their homes as they tried to salvage some belongings.

Nereu Sabadini was working outside of town when the tornado hit.

"I arrived home and found myself without a roof over my head," the 51-year-old told AFP. "I'm homeless an

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