イグアスの滝、豪雨で水量１６倍に

【サンパウロＡＦＰ＝時事】ブラジル南部パラナ州が豪雨に見舞われたのを受け、イグアスの滝の水量が１０月３０日、観測史上２番目の水準に増加した。（写真は濁流に洗われるイグアスの滝の遊歩道）
　当局によると、同日の水量は２４２０万リットル毎秒と、通常の１５０万リットル毎秒の１６倍超に達した。
　かさを増した濁った水は、「悪魔ののど笛」と呼ばれる滝へとつながる遊歩道近くまで押し寄せた。１０月３１日には水量は１８１０万リットル毎秒まで減ったが、遊歩道は引き続き閉鎖された。
　イグアスの滝はアルゼンチンとの国境にあり、大小２７５の滝の総称。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/11/01-15:30）

Heavy rains have swollen the famed Iguazu waterfalls on the border between Argentina and Brazil to near decade-high water volumes this week, authorities said, as flooding engulfed one of the site's main tourist walkways.
Storms in the southern Brazilian state of Parana sent the flow of water through the massive falls gushing to 24.2 million liters per second Monday, the second-highest volume on record, officials said.
The flow was more than 16 times the falls' normal level of 1.5 million liters per second.
It is the highest volume of water in recent years, said Urbia, the company that manages the national park encompassing the falls, a biodiversity hotspot.
The highest water volume on record for the falls was in 2014, when officials registered a flow of 46.3 million liters per second.
Raging brown flood waters could be seen nearly swallowing the park's top attraction, a tourist walkway to the spot known as Devil's Throat, famed for its breathtaking views of the falls.
Officials said the walkway remained closed Tuesday, even as the water level started to recede, to 18.1 million liters per second.
The Iguazu falls are among the largest in the world, with 275 separate waterfalls formed by the Iguazu river.