While Amazon region experiences with the worst floods since 1902 and central and south-central parts of Brazil are suffering the worst drought since 1920 /The worst floods in Amazon since 1902 and the worst drought in southern Brazil since 1920 at the same time! – mkweather/, winter storm system surprised Santa Catarina, southernmost part of Brazil, on 8.-9. June 2021.
In 24 hours, 280 mm of rain was measured and least 7 other locations in the state saw more than 150 mm during the same period.
Floods have appeared mainly in eastern parts of the province, while in western parts, such as in states northward, still extreme drought is continuing.
Streets and crops in the region immediately found themselves under flood water after extreme rainfall /videos below/.
According to 16-day precipitation forecast, stronger storms and rains such as in Uruguay and southern Brazil are forecasted mainly for parts of Chile and northern parts of South America, while in Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, southern Peru, northern Chile and central Brazil, severe drought is until the end of June 2021 forecasted.
Meanwhile, in southern Argentina, severe blizzard at the start of Winter 2021 occurred /Southern Argentina: more than 1 meter of snow, the biggest snowfall since 1990s! – mkweather/ and south-central Chile reported severe floods /South-Central Chile with floods, 128,9 mm / 20 hours – mkweather/.
Attention in South America is currently focused mainly to heavy rains in northwestern Amazon, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname, such as to severe drought in central and south-central parts of Brazil, which has effect into high prices of food /The next food crisis? Prices of food are according to FAO highest in 10 years – mkweather/.
With shift of polar front northward in next months, situation in southern and south-central Brazil should partially become better and floods from Amazon will shift even more northward, into coastal states of northern South America (and drought will shift into north-central and northern Brazil, gradually).
