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19
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11%
2 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Rivers swollen by heavy rains linked to El Nino continued flooding swaths of Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay on Friday (October 16, 2026), forcing thousands of people from their homes and sending ranchers scrambling to move cattle to higher ground.
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Rivers → swell → ground
In Argentina's northeastern Corrientes province, the Parana River rose to a dangerous 4.7 metres (15.4 feet) on Thursday (October 15) in the riverside town of Ituzaingo, prompting evacuations there and in other towns across the province.
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River → rise → province
Herds of cows waded across flooded pastures as ranchers guided them toward dry land.
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ranchers → wad → land
The calves struggled against a current thick with floating clumps of river plants.
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calves → struggle → plants
Provincial officials said they were digging canals and installing drains to prepare for more heavy rain.
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they → say → rain
The floodwaters come from three major rivers that start in Brazil and flow south through the region: the Parana, the Uruguay and the Iguazu.
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that → come → region
Torrential rain has pushed all three waterways higher for days, spilling them over their banks in northeastern Argentina, southern Paraguay, and western Uruguay.
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rain → push → Argentina
This part of South America often gets heavy rain during El Nino, a natural climate phenomenon in which warmer-than-usual waters in the Pacific Ocean scramble weather patterns around the world.
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waters → get → world
Forecasters say this year's could be among the strongest on record, and its effects are already being felt across South America and far beyond, from an unusually stormy hurricane season off Mexico's Pacific coast to the threat of severe drought in Southeast Asia.
Paraguay has seen the most evacuations from the recent floods.
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Paraguay → say → floods
In the border city of Ayolas, across the Paraná River from Ituzaingo, more than 2,000 people have fled their homes, Mayor Carlos Duarte told a local radio station on Friday (October 16).
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Duarte → flee → Friday
He said the river had reached its highest level there in more than four decades and could rise further.
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river → say → decades
The flooding has also hit one of South America's biggest tourist attractions.
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flooding → hit → attractions
At Iguazu Falls, the waterfalls on Argentina's border with Brazil, park authorities have closed the walkway to the Devil's Throat, the largest and most dramatic of the cascades, because of the high Iguazu River.
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authorities → close → River
Other trails that were shut in recent days have reopened.
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that → shut → days
In Uruguay, the Salto Grande hydroelectric dam, which the country shares with Argentina, has gradually opened its gates to relieve the rising Uruguay River, flooding parts of cities downstream.
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country → share → cities
Several dozen people remain out of their homes.
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people → remain → homes
Uruguayan officials have warned that the country's drenched northwest will get its heaviest rain of the year in the coming monthsMore rain is on the way.
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rain → warn → way
Uruguayan officials have warned that the country's drenched northwest will get its heaviest rain of the year in the coming months.
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northwest → warn → months
In southern Brazil, where the rising Parana, Uruguay, and Iguazu rivers originate, the national weather service expects above-average rainfall through December.
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service → rise → December
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