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Montevideo, September 21st 2024 - 09:20 UTC

Tag: Pantanal

  • Tuesday, September 10th 2024 - 08:41 UTC

    Virtual schooling adopted in Paraguayan areas hit by wildfires

    A Brazilian team was deployed to keep the flames from reaching the Pantanal, a geographic region comprising stretching across Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay

    Paraguayan education authorities decided on Monday to cancel on-site classes in areas affected by heavy smoke and switch to virtual schooling in areas hit by forest fires such as Alto Paraguay and Boquerón.

  • Wednesday, July 17th 2024 - 07:45 UTC

    Brazil has 96% of Pantanal fires under control

    “We have to keep our teams moving,” Silva insisted

    Brazil's Environment Minister Marina Silva said Tuesday that at least 96% of the fires in the Pantanal, Pantanal, a natural region encompassing the world's largest tropical wetland area and the world's largest flooded grasslands, had been put out or were under control, Agencia Brasil reported. She made the announcement alongside fellow Ministers Simone Tebet (Budget and Planning) and Waldez Góes (Integration and Regional Development) in Corumbá, in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul.

  • Monday, July 1st 2024 - 04:01 UTC

    Subzero temperatures recorded in southern Brazil

    The weather is expected to remain unusually cold in the coming days

    Areas in southern Brazil recorded subzero temperatures Sunday as a strong and broad mass of polar air hit the States of Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, Agencia Brasil reported citing data from the National Meteorological Institute (Inmet) as well as from Epagri/Ciram, an agency of the Santa Catarina state government.