The Superintendence of Banking, Insurance and AFP (SBS) reminded the savings and credit cooperatives not authorized to receive resources from the public (COOPAC), the validity of the exception measures, established in the multiple trade No. 29470-2023, which can be applied to the credits of their debtors affected by the statement of the state of emergency […]
Tag: Rains
Water crisis in the Panama Canal is not resolved despite the rains
The administrator of the Panama CanalRicaurte Vásquez, warned this Wednesday that the water crisis suffered by the interoceanic waterway “has not been resolved” despite the arrival of the rainy season. “Even though it has started to rain, the problem has not been resolved.“, he assured Vasquez in reference to the water crisis facing the country […]
Will La Niña manage to reduce the high temperatures that the world endures? This is what NASA says
May 2024 was another hot month in the world with records of temperature which confirms the trend of recent years in various countries; For example, Mexico reported records of up to 45°C and in Asia, from India to the Philippines, a heat wave devastated the region causing deaths from heart attacks, school closures and desperate […]
Thousands of victims due to intense rains in Santiago de Chile and the center of the country
Thousands of people have been affected by the heavy torrential rains that have hit the central region of Chili and since this morning they have fallen strongly in the capital, where they have already caused evictions due to flooding, interruptions in the electricity supply and traffic problems and have forced the suspension of classes in […]
The reality of climate change in South Sudan: drought, plagues and famine
The effects of climate change are already a reality for farmers South Sudanese like Samuel Yuot Nyok, who in recent years has seen the harvest drastically reduced by periods of extreme drought, a change in the seasonality and intensity of rains and the timely arrival of pests that spoil food. In the background, the food […]
Death toll from floods in southern Brazil rises to 148
The number of deaths from serious floods that have been punishing the south of Brazil has reached 148 and the number of missing people has reached 127, according to the latest Civil Defense bulletin released early this Monday. According to the organization, the greatest climate tragedy in the history of the southern region of Brazil […]
Argentina offers help to Brazil for floods in the southern state of Rio Grande
The Government of Argentina reported this Monday that it offered Brazil his “full collaboration” to assist those affected by the floods that affect the south of that country. “As a result of the serious floods that occurred in the state of Río Grande do Sul, the Government of the Argentine Republic, through the Ministry of […]
Torrential rains cause chaos and flooding in Dubai
The unusual rains torrential in Dubai provoked floods on modern highways and chaos in the airport Wednesday after a storm brought record rainfall. The 254 millimeters of rain, equivalent to the rainfall that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) receives in two years, generated a monumental traffic jam on the six-lane highways and a 70-year-old man […]
Australia ends the El Niño phenomenon after a year of duration
The meteorological phenomenon of The boywhich is usually linked to a rise in temperatures, has ended, as announced this Tuesday by the Australian Department of Meteorology. “The boy is no longer active“, the agency noted in a statement, after this meteorological phenomenon that occurs periodically but irregularly (with intervals of between two and seven years) […]
More than 3,000 fires in the Brazilian Amazon, a historical record in February
The Brazilian Amazon had a record of 3,158 fires last February, a number that almost doubles the worst records for this month, which are the 1,761 fires that occurred in 2007, according to official data released this Friday. The data is surprising because it occurs in the middle of the rainy season and contrasts with […]