Environment

• Monday, September 30th 2024 - 08:43 UTC

  Paraguay River sets new all-time low in Asunción

  

  Paraguay's Meteorology and Hydrology Directorate reported Sunday that the Paraguay River set a new all-time low after falling four centimeters from Saturday's mark to stand at -1.17 meters.

• Saturday, September 28th 2024 - 10:16 UTC

  Hurricane Helene leaves at least 45 dead in southern US

  

  At least 45 people were killed Friday as Category 4 Hurricane Helene made landfall in the states of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia causing also power outages and floodings. Among the fatalities were three firefighters, a woman and her one-month-old twins, plus an 89-year-old woman whose home was struck by a falling tree.

• Friday, September 27th 2024 - 08:28 UTC

  Beginning October Falklands implements Rural Recycling Program

  

  The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) is pleased to announce a new initiative aimed at expanding the recycling collection service to properties in Camp. In partnership with Workboat Services Ltd, the first phase of this program will begin next month. Resources will be delivered to Fox Bay East and the Outer Islands included on the Concordia Bay schedule to support the collection of glass, tins, and cans for final processing in Stanley.

• Friday, September 27th 2024 - 08:14 UTC

  Falklands, winners of regional student competition who will spend a week in the Islands

  

  The Falkland Islands Government and the British Embassies in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay are delighted to announce the winners of this year’s regional student competition. Participants from the four countries were asked to submit a short video in English, in which they answered the question: “Why would I like to meet my neighbours in the Falkland Islands?”.

• Thursday, September 26th 2024 - 14:37 UTC

  Eleven people arrested in Argentine province of Córdoba for starting wildfires

  

  At least 11 people have been arrested in the Argentine province of Córdoba for their alleged involvement in starting the current which elicited President Javier Milei's presence late Wednesday. Córdoba Security Minister Juan Pablo Quinteros has already admitted that “fires, in 99% of the cases, are started by human hands.”

• Thursday, September 26th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

  Poor rain forecast heralds low water levels for Paraguay River until December

  

  Poor rainfalls are expected to keep affecting the already low Paraguay River, according to local and foreign experts who gathered Wednesday in Asunción at the invitation of the Meteorology and Hydrology Directorate (DMH). Hence, there were no encouraging forecasts at least until December this year.

• Thursday, September 26th 2024 - 10:32 UTC

  Quito fires lead Noboa to cancel UN engagements and return to Ecuador

  

  Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa Wednesday halted his agenda in New York and returned to his country after a suspect was arrested in connecting with arson maneuvers in Quito that have the country's capital under fire. The head of state also explained that terrorism charges would be filed against the perpetrator, who would thus face between 10 to 13 years in prison.

• Wednesday, September 25th 2024 - 16:16 UTC

  UK Antarctic Science Conference at BAS, Cambridge

  

  The British Antarctic Survey, BAS, has announced that the UK Antarctic Science Conference 2024 will take place at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge, 1st – 3rd October 2024. The meeting aims to bring together all in the UK who are involved in Antarctic research or the support of Antarctic research.

• Friday, September 20th 2024 - 10:06 UTC

  Water deficit places Ecuador under “red alert”

  

  A red alert has been declared in several parts of Ecuador hit by an unprecedented drought that resulted among other things in mass power cuts in a country already hit by spreading forest fires.

• Tuesday, September 17th 2024 - 10:40 UTC

  Uruguayan Air Force C-130 back from firefighting mission in Paraguay

  

  A Uruguayan Air Force (FAU) Hercules C-130 four-engined turboprop aircraft landed back in Montevideo Monday after participating in a firefighting mission in Paraguay. The cooperation consisted mainly of dropping firefighting boxes in the northern Paraguayan Chaco where over 180,000 hectares were engulfed by the flames.