Earth Changes
The rapids and the overflowing of streams also caused landslides and floods in several municipalities of the metropolitan area such as those of Luque, Mariano Roque Alonso and Limpio, with hundreds of families who momentarily left their homes, according to the media and video images on social networks.
Police sources confirmed the death of three people, a grandmother and her two grandchildren, aged 6 and 8, after the displacement of land from a ravine that buried the precarious home they occupied in the La Chacarita neighborhood of Asuncion.

Remains of the Iron Duke Mine Dam wall after the dam burst yesterday morning in Mazowe.
Mazowe assistant district development coordinator Willard Masimba confirmed the incident and urged people no to go to close to flooded rivers.
The incident happened a few hours after Bindura District development coordinator Richard Chipfuwa had issued a flood warning to communities in the Bindura, Mazowe area after two dams, Candy and Iron Duke, burst their walls resulting in the flooding of Mazowe River.
A Glendale resident Brian Jonga said Candy and Iron Duke dams burst their walls at around 7 am Sunday morning.
There are 3,549 white rhinos and 268 rarer black rhinos in the park in northeastern South Africa. In 2011 the white rhino population was estimated to be 10,621 and the black rhino 415. The decline has been most rapid since 2015 when there were estimated to be close to 9,000 white rhinos in the park.
Conservationists urged international governments to put pressure on South Africa to act urgently to halt the decline.
It had been hoped that a decrease in rhino poaching would have revived the species. But the latest figures, published in the South African National Parks annual report for 2019/2020, suggests that there is less poaching only because of a scarcity of rhino in Kruger.
The incident occurred as the fire service was called to a kindergarten and a primary school in the small town of Apalos, near Alexandroupolis.
The fire engine was swept away by the rushing waters and overturned. A 46-year-old firefighter lost his life n the accident.
The combination of heavy snow, gusty winds and coastal flooding was expected to make travel dangerous to impossible in much of the region Monday and could knock out power over a wide area.
"Make no mistake: this storm will bring heavy snowfall, and it will make travel dangerous in every neighborhood in our city," New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said in declaring a state of emergency until 6 a.m. Tuesday. "New Yorkers should stay home, keep the roads clear for emergency vehicles, and let our plows work to keep us all safe."
Lava spewed from Italy's Mount Etna in a stunning site on Saturday night.
Mount Etna, located in Sicily, is Europe's most active volcano and one of three active volcanoes in Italy.
The site was secured as the volcanic activity was largely expected.
There were no reported injuries or deaths.
Etna is a popular tourist destination and its eruptions, especially when seen at night, are spectacular to watch.
Rainfall has triggered flooding and landslides in several areas. The capital Santiago saw as much rain in 24 hours as it would normally see on average during the 6 month period November to April. According to Chile's meteorological office, Dirección Meteorológica de Chile, as much as 31.4mm of rain fell in 24 hours on 29 January in Quinta Normal, Santiago, beating the previous daily record total of 22.4mm set in 1933. T
Elsewhere in the country, Requinoa (O'Higgins Region) recorded 70.3mm of rain, Pirque (Santiago Metropolitan Region) 49.3mm and Longavi (Maule Region) 47mm during the same period.
Mangochi Police Deputy Public Relations Officer, Sub-Inspector Amina Tepani-Daudi said the incident occurred on Saturday evening in the wake of a heavy downpour.
Daudi said the seven were struck while they were closing their businesses due to heavy rains.
"The lightning struck all of them and they were rushed to Mangochi District Hospital where four were pronounced dead upon arrival," said Daudi, adding: "The other three victims escaped with minor wounds and were treated as outpatients."
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14 Jan 2021 - This interview with Professor Plimer was in response to a Cardiff University study saying that melting icebergs in the Antarctic could actually trigger an ice age. Professor Plimer dismantles the alarmist rhetoric and exposes the hypocracy.
"What's going on is cycles," says Professor Plimer. "It's normal to have cycles.... we are getting towards the end of a warm period. The peak of the warmth was about 5,000 years ago and we are headed for the next inevitable - inevitable! - ice age."
Tropical Cyclone Ana struck as many parts of the country are still recovering after Tropical Cyclone Yasa made landfall as a category 5 system on 17 December.
According to Fiji's National Disaster Management Office (NDMO), 7,612 people had evacuated their homes and were staying in 204 evacuation centres in the Northern, Eastern, Central and Western Divisions.
Power and water outages were affecting parts of the country. One person died by drowning, while 4 fishermen were reported missing at sea. Fiji Police said they are searching for a young child who was reported missing in Lautoka.













