Tag: Weather

• Saturday, June 27th 2020 - 06:45 UTC

  Brazil recorded longest lightning bolt, 700km and Argentina a lighting megaflash of 16,7 seconds

  

  The UN's weather agency announced this week the longest lightning bolt on record -- a single flash in Brazil on October 31, 2018 that cut the sky across more than 700 kilometres.

• Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 08:45 UTC

  Parana river water level hampering grain transport in the midst of peak harvest

  

  Below normal rains in the Parana-Paraguay water basin is hampering grain transport through waterways in Argentina as the water level of the river has dropped significantly, Bolsa de Comercio de Rosario, or BCR, said in a report.

• Monday, January 27th 2020 - 07:33 UTC

  Catastrophic rainstorms and floods in central Brazil: at least 50 deaths

  

  At least 50 people have died in Brazil and more than 25,000 have been displaced due to widespread flooding following storms and heavy rains that have swept across the southeast of the country, authorities said on Sunday.

• Tuesday, October 15th 2019 - 09:21 UTC

  
Typhoon and torrential rains kill 67 in Japan and cause havoc in 36 of 47 prefectures

  

  Fresh rain threatened to hamper efforts by tens of thousands of Japanese rescuers searching for survivors after a powerful typhoon that by early Tuesday had killed 67 people.

• Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 09:06 UTC

  The Caribbean cruise industry suffers the consequences of hurricane Dorian battering of Bahamas

  

  For the Atlantic's major cruise operators, deadly Hurricane Dorian has meant nothing but trouble in paradise as ships have been diverted from the Bahamas. But as the widespread devastation becomes more apparent on the ravished archipelago, a bread-and-butter staple of the tourist industry, the companies are pledging to help fund major relief.

• Friday, July 26th 2019 - 10:11 UTC

  Northern Europe literally frying in all time high temperatures; train travelers told to delay trips

  

  Paris on Thursday baked in an all-time high temperature of 42.6 degrees Celsius as a ferocious heatwave smashed records across northern Europe, sparking concerns about public health and causing new misery for rail travellers.

• Thursday, July 25th 2019 - 05:09 UTC

  Frosts in south Brazil will help foreign exporters of wheat

  

  Brazilian wheat imports are poised to increase this year as a frost-damaged part of the crop in key producing regions of Paraná, which accounts for roughly half of the country's output, according to state government agency Deral.

• Monday, July 15th 2019 - 09:37 UTC

  No fatalities as Hurricane Barry hits Louisiana but spares New Orleans

  

  No serious injuries or major damage were reported as Barry reached the state of Louisiana Saturday as a Category 1 hurricane. It did not hit New Orleans directly but caused power cuts and brought floods to several areas along the southern part of the Mississippi River.

• Thursday, July 11th 2019 - 16:32 UTC

  Lousiana takes Hurricane Barry threat seriously

  

  Government officials are preparing for a heavy tropical storm or worse in New Orleans by Friday, as floods and heavy rains have battered the region for the past few hours, according to the United States' National Weather Service, which has warned that hurricane conditions were possible along the Gulf Coast as a “potential tropical cyclone” moved closer to land.

• Tuesday, July 9th 2019 - 09:43 UTC

  Pacific Alliance plans a new bond to cover hydro-meteorological events

  

  Mexico, Colombia, Chile and Peru plan to work with the World Bank to launch a new bond to cover losses in the event of extreme weather, Peru's finance minister said.