Water levels on the Paraguay River, a crucial economic lifeline for the region, have fallen 89 centimetres below the benchmark metre at the river port of the capital city Asunción, marking the lowest level recorded in 120 years, according to Paraguay's Department of Meteorology and Hydrology.
Commerce was disrupted on the central waterway and created hazards for local transport, offering a grim warning for other parts of the world.
The Met Office has released a map detailing what areas of the UK will be hit by the fallout from Hurrican Kirk
A tornado warning has been released for all of the south west this evening up until the early hours of tomorrow morning.
Floridians asked to brace for what could be the largest evacuation since Hurricane Irma in 2017
Close behind Hurricane Kirk, Leslie has now strengthened into a hurricane.
Less than 10 days after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida, the state is bracing for another potentially devastating blow from a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, this one a potential Category 3 storm.
Homeowners in Brampton, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, say they were left flooded and with raw sewage running down their driveways after recent heavy rain.
Ten days after the Southeast was wracked by Helene, one the deadliest storms in modern history, the National Weather Service today forecast that newly-formed Hurricane Milton is headed toward central Florida and could impact the entire state. “Milton is forecast to move just north of the Yucatan Peninsula and across the southern Gulf of Mexico …
Hurricane Milton is intensifying in the Gulf of Mexico, reaching speeds of 85 mph on Sunday night as a Category 1 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center. Late Monday night, Milton is forecast to reach Category 4 status and stay at that strength through Tuesday before weakening slightly on Wednesday before it makes landfall as a Category 3, per the NHC. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Milton is currently forecast to make landfall in the Madeira Beach area of Pinellas County around 5 p.m. on Wednesday, adding that the forecast path of the storm could change over the next few days.
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The Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) said three hurricanes were simultaneously active in the Atlantic Basin on Sunday, October 6, marking the first time the phenomenon had ever been recorded in the month of October.Satellite imagery released by CIRA at Colorado State University (CSU) shows the trio - named Milton, Kirk and Leslie - as they were developing in the Atlantic Basin on Sunday.“For the first time in recorded history, the Atlantic basin has three active hurricanes in October or later,” CIRA said, crediting a CSU researcher for the statistic.By Sunday afternoon, Milton intensified from a tropical storm into a Category 1 hurricane in the Gulf Coast and was expected to impact Florida by early next week.Hurricane Kirk, carrying maximum sustained winds near 100 mph (155 km/hr), was forecast to generate surf swells around the Leeward Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas, and east coast of the US. Leslie, carrying winds of 90 mph, was not expected to impact land, according to official reports. Credit: CSU/CIRA & NOAA via Storyful
Milton is due to turn into a Category 3 hurricane and make landfall on Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center warned
The hurricane is forecast to make landfall midweek, according to the National Hurricane Center.
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A week after Hurricane Helene roared through, the smell of death overpowers the cool mountain air over the isolated twisting roads of devastated rural western North Carolina.
Hurricane Milton was moving "erratically" through the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida on Monday, the US National Hurricane Center said, warning it will likely soon become a major hurricane.The Category 1 hurricane is the second recent storm to threaten the Florida coast, which was left reeling from Helene's catastrophic winds and storm surge 10 days ago.
n the week since Helene pummeled western North Carolina, many people have moved to offer a glimpse of hope to displaced residents.
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Flooding, rainfall, wind and life-threatening storm surge is on its way to Florida, as Milton is expected to make landfall this week.
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