The southern part of the country is also on alert for possible flooding, as is the case in various northern locations.
The report that the National Emergency Secretariat has is that the town of Ayolas, in the southern department of Misiones, is close to the alert level since the waters of the Paraná river are close to reaching 4.20 meters.
In that sense, andhe current water level threatens to flood a hundred homes and if it increases about 15 centimeters more, they must be evacuated.
It is worth mentioning that the increase in the level of the Paraná River is mainly due to the copious rains in the north of the country and in the area of Brazil, that increase the amount of water that the Itaipu and Yacyreta dams must release.
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Regarding the flood situation in the north, cOperational squads from the National Emergency Secretariat (SEN) have been assisting affected families in the Vallemí area, Concepción department, in addition to other localities in the Paraguayan Chaco.
In the department of Concepción Nearly 1,000 families are affected by the floods, mainly in the districts of San Lázaro and Vallemi.
Likewise, the rains that arrived after eight months of drought in the Chaco area They are also affecting some 300 families in the town of Puerto Sastre with floods and another similar number of homes in the Puerto Casado district.
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Likewise, Assistance tasks continue to be carried out for families in the district of Lima, department of San Pedro, where SEN operational officials carried out the damage assessment and provided a quick response to the affected families.
