Tornado causes destruction in Giruá, in the Northwest of Rio Grande do Sul The tornado that hit three cities in the Northwest of Rio Grande do Sul in the early evening of Tuesday (28) caused damage in the municipalities of Giruá, Sete de Setembro and Senador Salgado Filho. Seven people were injured. Images recorded after the phenomenon (see the gallery below), during the early hours of this Wednesday (29), show the destruction. In addition to the affected houses, animals were injured. ? Access the g1 RS channel on WhatsApp The gusts of wind caused roofing and fallen trees and poles. In Senador Salgado Filho, the Civil Defense report shows one house destroyed, 15 damaged, three people displaced and 60 affected. On Sete de Setembro, two homes were completely destroyed and 15 were hit, leaving 60 affected and two injured. In Giruá, the phenomenon affected three houses and affected 12 residents. See destruction caused by the tornado The state's Civil Defense Monitoring Center reported that the tornado occurred around 6:25 p.m. The phenomenon was identified by a radar image from Chapecó, in Santa Catarina, more than 200 kilometers away. ? According to Civil Defense, 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," the agency explained. RS continues with red warnings for storms with wind and heavy rain; see risk areas Climatempo Meteorologia reported that it is not possible to check wind speeds because there are no meteorological stations in the region. The agency explains that a tornado is classified when the funnel that breaks away from the base of the cloud touches the ground. Farmer Renan Bayer, resident of Giruá, recorded the emergence and progress of the phenomenon in the late afternoon. The images were taken on the road that divides the municipality and Senador Salgado Filho. "I made a few recordings, until I had to run away," he said. Tornado in RS: see images of the destruction caused by the phenomenon; 7 people were injured Civil Defense of Sete de Setembro and Tamires Hanke/RBS TV Phenomenon hit the city of Giruá, in the northwest of the state Tamires Hanke/RBS TV Tornado leaves injured in the northwest of Rio Grande do Sul Social networks VIDEOS: Everything about RS