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Iguazú Falls Hit Ten Times Its Normal Flow. What Happened?
Iguazú Falls swelled to about ten times its usual flow after heavy rain, and officials closed the walkways.
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This waterfall just flowed at about ten times its usual rate. Here is what is going on.
Iguazú Falls sits on the border of Brazil and Argentina. After days of heavy rain, the river swelled so much that officials closed the main walkways on October twelfth.
On October fourteenth, Brazil’s tourism authority reported about fifteen point seven million liters of water every second. The usual average is about one point five million.
The Devil’s Throat walkway was partly under water. Reports link the rain to El Niño. It also pushed the Uruguay River over its banks, and people had to leave their homes on both sides of the border.
Officials call it exceptional, but not an all-time record. Past floods were bigger. Ten times normal is still a lot of water. Could it get even wilder?
Sources
- MercoPress, Oct 12, 2026: Iguazú Falls closed as river flow tops 12,000 cubic metres per second
- Buenos Aires Times (AFP), Oct 2026: severe storms swell Iguazú Falls to 10 times normal flow
- NPR, Oct 23, 2026: Brazil-Argentina border, waterfalls flowing at near-record rates
- Flow figures differ by agency and unit; reports say it was exceptional but not an all-time record.
This video edition was scripted with automated tools from the sources listed, narrated by a synthetic voice and published by Daniel Varrone. Corrections: editor@monochromechronicles.com