More heavy rain has caused further flooding in at least 4 departments of Paraguay over the last few days. The National Emergency Secretariat (SEN) said they have assisted thousands of…
Overflowing rivers in the department of Amambay in northeastern Paraguay have damaged roads and bridges and affected 700 indigenous families in the area. Paraguya’s National Emergency Secretariat (SEN) said the…
Media in Paraguay, quoting the country’s National Emergency Secretariat (SEN), report that 10 people have died in floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain over the last few days. Heavy…
Paraguay’s National Emergency Secretariat (SEN) reports it is distributing humanitarian supplies to around 4,000 families affected by flash floods in the Municipality of Concepción. Flash floods struck in around 7…
Disaster authorities in Paraguay reported that more than 200 families were affected by heavy rain in Asunción. Paraguay’s National Emergency Secretariat (SEN) reported on 30 January that families were affected…
National Emergency Secretariat (SEN) in Paraguay reports that flooding in the country has now affected 62,119 families across the departments of Presidente Hayes, Central, San Pedro, Concepción, Cordillera, Capital (Asunción),…
The government of Ñeembucú Department in Paraguay declared a state of emergency on Wednesday 08 May, 2019, after the flood situation worsened in southern areas of the country. Heavy rainfall…
A storm and torrential rain in northern Argentina caused major flooding in the province of Chaco from 20 April, 2019. The country’s national news agency Télam reported that 2 people…
Heavy rain has triggered flooding and landslides in parts of South America over the last few days. Around 70,000 people are currently affected by floods in several departments of Paraguay.…
Heavy rain and flooding have affected thousands of people in Paraguay since 15 March, 2019. The worst affected areas are in the departments of Presidente Hayes, Concepción and Guairá. The…
Authorities in Paraguay said that over 10,000 people from 2,100 families have been displaced by flooding from the Paraguay River in Asunción. People from the communities of Bañado Norte, Chacarita…
Days of heavy rain from 20 January caused flooding in the city of Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña in the province of Chaco, Argentina. Rising levels of the Parana and Paraguay…
Update, 24 January 2018 Levels of the Paraguay river in Asunción have increased by over 1 metre in the last 10 days, forcing thousands living close to the river banks…
The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) aim to reduce disaster losses in some of the world’s most hazard prone cities…
According to the diagnostic report on the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOOA) in March, the sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies across…
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a statement of 18 February, 2016, that the powerful 2015-2016 El Niño has now passed its peak. El Niño reached its peak ocean…
