Earth Changes
Flash floods struck in around 7 districts of the city from 16 January, 2021. As of 18 January, around 1,000 families remained displaced as of 18 January.
Almost 230 mm of rain fell in the city on 17 January 2021. Levels of the Paraguay River jumped from around 1.6 meters on 17 January to 2.28 meters the following day.
Police said a 49-year-old skier was killed in the canton of Schwyz when he was buried by an avalanche.
Another person died in the canton of Oberwalden buried by snow masses.
The search for other persons possibly buried by avalanches was stopped in the early evening, police said.

An Oryx helicopter airlifted an elderly couple to safety after flooding in the Loch Vaal area at the weekend.
Flooding at Loch Vaal in Vanderbijlpark at the weekend resulted in dramatic scenes with families having to evacuate and an access road becoming impassable.
Localised flooding had occurred after heavy rains over recent days, with a report of 80mm falling in an hour late last week.
The police Waterwing and K9 units as well as rescue services resulted in six people being rescued from the Rietspruit dam area after becoming trapped in their homes.

This handout photo taken and released on January 15, 2021, by the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) shows rescuers evacuating villagers by rubber boat in a flooded area in the Tanah Laut districts, South Kalimantan.
National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesperson Raditya Jati said floods brought by intense rains caused floodwaters as high as 3 meters (10 feet).
As of Sunday, 39,549 people had been evacuated and at least 15 had been killed due to floods that affected 10 districts and cities in South Kalimantan province on Borneo island.

People look at the damaged office of governor of West Sulawesi following an earthquake in Mamuju, West Sulawesi province.
Thousands of people fled their homes to seek safety when the 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit just after 1am local time on Friday morning. The epicentre was six kilometres north-east of Majene city in West Sulawesi.
Hundreds of buildings have been destroyed or damaged, including a hospital, which has collapsed with more than a dozen patients and staff remain trapped beneath it.
"The hospital is flattened," said Arianto, who goes by one name, from the rescue agency in Mamuju city, near to Majene. Rescuers were also trying to reach a family of eight buried beneath the rubble of their destroyed home, he added.
The death toll includes 26 people in Mamuju city. "That number could grow but we hope it won't," said Ali Rahman, head of the local disaster mitigation agency. "Many of the dead are buried under rubble."
Comment: Update: The Daily Mail on January 17 reports:
Death toll rises to 73 in Indonesia earthquake that saw 28,000 flee their homes
The death toll from an earthquake that struck Indonesia's West Sulawesi province on Friday has risen to 73 as experts warn another quake could trigger a tsunami.
More than 820 people were injured and over 27,800 fled their homes after the 6.2-magnitude quake hit, a spokesman from the disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said.
Some sought refuge in the mountains, while others rushed to cramped evacuation centres, witnesses said.
BNPB spokesman Raditya Jati said police and military officers have been deployed to crack down on looting in several parts of the region.
An emergency response status, intended to help rescue efforts, has also been put in place for two weeks, he said.
The epicentre of the quake which struck at around 1.30am on Friday was 22 miles south of the city of Mamuju and it had a relatively shallow depth of 11 miles, the United States Geological Survey said.
The earthquake came after a 5.9-magnitude tremor and at least 26 aftershocks the previous day, in a string of disasters which caused three landslides and damaged bridges to regional hubs such as the city of Makassar.
The tremors also damaged more than 60 homes, two hotels and the provincial governor's office. Electricity in the area is also out.
Jati's comments came as Dwikorita Karnawati, the head of Indonesia's meteorological, climatology and geophysical agency (BMKG), warned that another quake in the region could potentially trigger a tsunami.
Authorities said at least 10 properties were engulfed by the fires sweeping through the forest area near Quilpue city.
No deaths or injuries have been reported. Officials ordered the evacuation of some 25,000 residents and hundreds of firefighters were deployed to help battle the fires.
Emergency authorities said the fires have blazed through some 400 hectares of forest, with firefighters concentrating their efforts on four focal points.
A local government official said authorities believe the wildfires were started deliberately.
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Comment: Elsewhere in South America within the last few days:
- Severe storm hits the Peruvian city of Huaraz
- Violent thunderstorm and flood hits Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil
- Torrential floods cascade through Villa Giardino, Córdoba, Argentina after almost 4 inches of rain in 2 hours
- Flash flood hits Pirituba, Brazil
Recall that Huaras is a city in Peru, the administrative center of the Ancash department. The population of the city is about 120,000 people. Located 407 kilometers north of Lima, the Pan American Highway runs through the city. Located in the Callejón de Huaylas Valley, on the Santa River, in the central part of the region, 3000 meters above sea level.
A wild storm came in during the evening after the mercury climbed past 30C in parts of the Hunter during the day.
There were more than 43,000 lightning strikes within a 50 kilometre radius of Newcastle overnight, according to Weatherzone, most of which occurred between 6pm and 10pm.
Comment: Huge snowfall continues in the Alps, as much as 2 meters of new snow