Tornado destroys livestock farmer's house in Pedro Osório, RS A resident of Pedro Osório, in the south of RS, had his house completely destroyed when a tornado passed through the municipality. Leonardo Hepp Ferreira, director of Agriculture at the city council and a livestock farmer, said he was outside the property at the time of the storm and only saw the extent of the damage when he returned to the site. ? Rio Grande do Sul was affected by a cold front associated with the formation of an extratropical cyclone in the ocean. However, according to Civil Defense, the instability line is already moving away from the state, but maintains persistent winds. ? Access the g1 RS channel on WhatsApp According to Ferreira, he had gone to work in the afternoon. Once in the city, he noticed the beginning of the storm and began receiving messages informing him that a tornado had passed through the region where his residence is located, in the town of Vila Matarazzo. When the weather conditions improved, he went to the property. The scenario found was one of devastation. "War scenario, everything dismantled. There's nothing left", reports Ferreira. Tornado destroys rancher's house in Pedro Osório Images provided/ Leonardo Hepp Ferreira; Images provided/ Paulo Cesar Maciel Andrade READ ALSO: 'Very scary', says rural producer who filmed tornado Tornadoes: why RS is among the most favorable regions in the world for the phenomenon Leonardo said he found out about the damage through records made by people who passed by on the road during the storm. In one of the videos, it is possible to see the area where the residence was located. See above. The building was completely destroyed by the force of the wind. “It was a house, now there’s nothing left,” laments the resident. Tornado hit the interior of Pedro Osório Tornado hits RS for the second consecutive week Paulo Cesar Maciel Andrade/Images provided For the second consecutive week, a tornado was confirmed in Rio Grande do Sul. This time, the phenomenon occurred in the interior of the municipality of Pedro Osório, in the south of the state, this Thursday (6). The confirmation was made by Climatempo Meteorologia, based on data from the RS Civil Defense. Until the publication of this report, there was no information about injuries or damage. ? According to Climatempo, the tornado was generated by a supercell, a type of storm with a rotating updraft. "Supercells commonly cause large hail and intense gusts of wind, and on some occasions tornadoes", explains Civil Defense. In total, eight cities reported damage this Thursday. First tornado The case marks the second week in a row with a tornado recorded in the state. Last week, on July 28, the same phenomenon hit the northwest region of the state in the municipalities of Giruá, Sete de Setembro and Senador Salgado Filho. Regional Civil Defense confirmed four injuries in total. RS records a new tornado for the second week in a row Art/g1 Tornado corridor Rio Grande do Sul is located in the so-called tornado corridor of South America, considered one of the most favorable regions on the planet for the formation of these phenomena, behind only the central region of the United States. In this part of the continent, different atmospheric conditions often occur. One of the determining factors is the meeting of hot, humid air coming from the Amazon with cold air moving in from the south of the continent. When the winds change direction and speed depending on altitude, the storm begins to rotate. The tornado is precisely the rotating column of air that connects the base of the cloud to the ground. Within minutes, winds can exceed 300 kilometers per hour. What is a tornado According to Climatempo Meteorologia, "a tornado is an ascending air current generated between the base of the supercell and the ground, in the shape of a funnel, with rotating movement. The passage of a tornado causes twists in objects precisely because of this characteristic of intense rotation. The extension of the base of the funnel-shaped supercell is visible on the horizon. When the funnel touches the ground we call it a tornado. In many cases, the funnel is only visible at the base of the cloud and does not reach the ground. The tornado can travel and cause damage over a few kilometers. Tornado is registered in Pedro Osório, RS; Phenomenon reaches state for the second time in 9 days Frederico Gatto/Images provided VIDEOS: Everything about RS