The intense rains in the south of Brazil caused an abrupt flooding of the Iguazú River, forcing the closure of the traditional footbridges of the Devil’s Throat. Here we show you the most viral testimonials.
Abundant rains in the upper basin of the Iguazú River, over southeastern Brazil, caused a extraordinary and sudden rise of water in recent days, to such an extent that on the last Friday, the 3rd, the administration of the Iguazú National Park reported the close of the traditional footbridges of the Devil’s Throatone of the most emblematic tourist spots in Argentina.
Its about highest water flow since 2017which exceeded 10,000 cubic meters per second, more than 6 times the usual value, which is around 1,500 cubic meters per second.
This forced the concessionary company for services in the area, Iguazú Argentina, to close access to the Devil’s Throat and in turn retract railings to protect walkways.
Los Puerto Iguazú recordsmeasured by the Argentine Naval Prefecture, show the pronounced peak of these last few days. This weekend the panorama began to stabilize, to the point that the National Parks indicated that they began to “review the facilities” to see how they were, pointing a possible reopening to the public.
The last closure of access to the Devil’s Throat had occurred on December 3, 2015when the flow rate exceeded 11,000 cubic per second, and the historic flood of 2014which exceeded 47 thousand cubic meters and destroyed several sections of the footbridges for tourists.