イグアスの滝、豪雨で水量１０倍に

【フォスドイグアスＡＦＰ＝時事】アルゼンチンとブラジルの国境にある世界遺産のイグアスの滝で、豪雨の影響で水量が通常の１０倍に増加した。当局は安全のため、観光客向けの主要遊歩道を閉鎖した。（写真は雨量の増えたイグアスの滝）
　イグアス国立公園の職員がＡＦＰに語ったところによると、滝の流量は通常、毎秒１５０万リットルだが、１２日夜には同１４５０万リットルに到達。水位の上昇により、絶景スポットとして知られる遊歩道「悪魔の喉笛」が一部水没し、閉鎖された。これほどの増水は１０月としては「異例」だという。
　アルゼンチン側の遊歩道も１１日に閉鎖された。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2022/10/14-16:18）

The famed Iguazu waterfalls on the border between Argentina and Brazil have registered 10 times their usual water volume after heavy rains, authorities said, closing one of the site's main tourist walkways for safety reasons.
The flow through the massive waterfall system reached 14.5 million liters (3.8 million gallons) per second Wednesday night, far above the usual 1.5 million per second, said Wemerson Augusto, spokesman for Iguazu National Park.
The high water level led officials to close the Devil's Throat walkway, famed for its breathtaking views of the falls, after it was partly submerged, Augusto told AFP.
He said such a large rush of water was atypical for October.
Walkways on the Argentine side were also closed Tuesday.
The falls have been swollen by heavy rains in Parana state in southern Brazil, where emergency officials said Wednesday 24 counties had been hit by severe weather events that damaged some 400 houses and forced more than 1,200 people from their homes.
The water volume was the highest registered at the falls since June 2014, when the flow hit 47 million liters per second.