The official toll reached 100 deaths on August 10 while several rivers remained above danger levels. More than 700,000 people have been displaced since July; at least 49,000 were still in 125 camps and distribution centers amid an unstable recovery.
Afghanistan recorded at least 31 deaths, Chattogram received 412.3 millimeters in 24 hours and more than 890,000 people were evacuated in Guangdong. Warming increases available moisture, while vulnerable housing, crops and infrastructure turn heavy rain into disaster.
The municipality of Zárate, in northern Buenos Aires province, is preparing for a potential historic rise in the Paraná River due to the imminent arrival of a "Super Niño." With temperature anomalies of up to 7 degrees in the Pacific, the phenomenon could surpass the events of 1997 and 2015, and resemble that of 1877-1878, with impacts on the Río de la Plata Basin between October and February.