Tag: water emergency

• Saturday, December 30th 2023 - 09:00 UTC

  Chilean gov't extends agricultural emergency

  

  Chile's Government Friday announced it was extending the agricultural emergency stemming from a water deficit due to poor rains, it was reported in Santiago. With this measure, authorities may keep up the aid to producers from Atacama to Magallanes until Sept. 30, 2024.

• Tuesday, June 20th 2023 - 11:00 UTC

  Lacalle Pou decrees water emergency in Montevideo metropolitan area

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Monday announced new measures to face the water crisis after a cabinet meeting, it was reported in Montevideo.

• Saturday, May 29th 2021 - 08:41 UTC

  Brazil threatened by shortages in electricity supply due to water emergency

  

  Brazil's Electric Sector Monitoring Committee Thursday issued a “water risk” warning and the Federal Government undertook a series of measures to avoid energy rationing until October, a period of low rainfall and more severe drought in the southeast and midwest, it was announced.