00:01More than 30 families are taking shelter at a parish in Ciudad del Este Paraguay,
00:07relying on donated food after heavy rains caused the Paraná River to overflow, flooding their homes.
00:14The flooding has been linked to the El Niño weather phenomenon,
00:18with authorities warning that more homes could be affected if water levels rise again.
00:23We had to go out of our homes because the HIPOBIN national warned us that we would go out of
00:30our homes,
00:30because in several occasions, the water has taken part of our homes.
00:37So we had to go out.
00:38And thanks to God, the gentleness of the priest of this community
00:43gave us this flood so that we could find several families.
00:48The rising Paraná River has affected about 4,200 families across southeastern Paraguay,
00:55according to the National Emergency Secretariat.
00:58A 58-year-old woman died last week after her home collapsed.
01:03We are going to travel to the Siuad del Este level,
01:07and recabing the data to get the shopping again.
01:12We are going to go out a little more and complete the things that are missing in every yard,
01:17in every tree.
01:18We currently have...
01:20...the Ciudad del Este is currently attending 1,230 families.
01:24We are in different points of Siuad del Este.
01:28We are on the day one, the critical day of this rise of Paraná.
01:34Water levels in the Paraná, South America's second largest river,
01:38have eased slightly since peaking on October 15th.
01:42However, authorities remain on alert and have urged displaced residents not to return home,
01:48warning that further severe storms could put up to 15,000 homes at risk.
01:53The Itaipu Hydroelectric Dam, jointly operated by Paraguay and Brazil,
01:59has also opened its floodgates to regulate reservoir levels,
02:03releasing additional water downstream into already flood-hit areas.
02:07The United Nations has warned that El Niño could drive record-high Pacific Ocean temperatures,
02:14bringing heavier rainfall and flooding to some regions while worsening droughts in others.
02:24The United Nations has gone with an ounce of various water downstream,
02:28which is the водical system today.
02:28The United Nations has been released into the area,
02:29so it's still a little bit of a process of reducing water.
02:30So it's a amazing place to redefine water and also continue to slow down the water.
02:30Now, the United Nations has been released into the region of the island of the island of the island of
02:30the island of the island of the island of the island of the island of the island of the island
02:30of the island of the island.
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