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Bismihi ta'ala

If the marriage has not been consummated, there will be no 'iddah for divorce and the wife will be entitled to half the mahr. 

Consummating means sexual intercourse, and so there would be 'iddah if  (1) there is intercourse, or (2) the husband's seminal fluid (somehow) entered the wife's vagina.

And Allah knows best. 

Bismihi ta'ala

Because the marriage was consummated, you would need to observe 'iddah of divorce. As for informing elders, that would be at your discretion. 

And Allah knows best. 

Bismihi ta'ala

The first husband must redo the Islamic divorce, making sure all the requirements are met, and it would be best that he authorises a scholar to conduct the divorce on his behalf. 

As for the woman, although her temporary marriage was not sinful, it could be that she is not permitted to marry or be with that second man she was with in the temporary marriage. This is something that she must refer to her Marja' taqleed about. 

And Allah knows best

You need to wait till the 3rd starts and as soon as it starts the Iddah period is over.