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In northern Peru a 30-year mega el Nino weather period began that caused major flooding in areas populated by the Moche people. Links: Peru, WeatherSA 
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1974 Sep 18 |
Hurricane Fifi struck Honduras with 110 mph winds and killed about 8,000. The hurricane made landfall as a Category 2 storm in Belize on the next day, and continued through Guatemala and Mexico as a tropical system. After weakening to a depression, Fifi emerged into the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first crossover storm since Hurricane Irene-Olivia in 1971. Links: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, WeatherSA, Hurricane
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1982 Dec |
The El Nino weather pattern was noticed to have caused trade winds on the equator to turn around. The 1982-1983 warming of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, was the most severe warming in 50 years. In Peru El Nino weather caused about $1 billion in damage. Links: Environment, WeatherSA
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1988 Feb 24 |
A week of tropical rainstorms left at least 275 people dead in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. Links: Brazil, WeatherSA
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1988 Oct 22 |
Hurricane Joan hit Nicaragua and killed 148 people. Hurricane Joan caused 216 deaths in the Caribbean or Central America. The storm hit Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela. Links: Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, WeatherSA, Hurricane
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1997 Jan 4 |
In Brazil some 54 people were killed during 4 days of torrential rain in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais. Links: Brazil, WeatherSA
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1997 Feb 10 |
From Bolivia it was reported that heavy rains have destroyed the homes and crops of tens of thousands of farmers. The rains were the heaviest in 3 decades. Links: Bolivia, WeatherSA
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1997 Jun |
In Chile storms killed at least 19 people and left 51,000 homeless. Links: Chile, WeatherSA
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1997 Aug 10 |
In Peru a snowstorm trapped some 40 vehicles on the Andes highway between Abancay and Puquio and left 6 people dead in their vehicles. Links: Peru, WeatherSA
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1998 Feb 6 |
Peru’s Pres. Fujimori took personal control in Piura to shore up the waters of the Ica River which burst its banks. Recent weather related deaths had reached 150. Mudslide damaged parts of the famous Nazca Lines. Links: Peru, WeatherSA
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1999 Mar 6 |
From Brazil it was reported that heavy flooding had hit Sao Paulo. 27 people were killed and 10,000 left homeless. Links: Brazil, WeatherSA
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1999 Sep 24 |
In Honduras two weeks of torrential rain left 6 people dead and flood gates were opened to save the El Cajon dam. Links: Honduras, WeatherSA, Flood
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2000 Jun 12 |
In Chile the worst rains in 20 years began and caused flooding in Santiago and a large portion of the central and southern parts of the country. Links: Chile, WeatherSA
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2001 Jun 12 |
In Ecuador a mudslide killed 36 stranded motorists in the Andes. The deaths raised to 41 the total dead from recent heavy storms. Links: Ecuador, WeatherSA
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2001 Oct 20 |
It was reported that record flooding around Buenos Aires had damaged some 8.6 million acres of prime farmland. The area was declared a national disaster and losses were estimated at $300 million. Links: Argentina, WeatherSA
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2002 Dec 9 |
In Angra dos Reis, Brazil, mudslides triggered by torrential rains slashed through this southeastern city, burying houses and killing at least 34 people. Links: Brazil, WeatherSA
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2006 Jan 11 |
Latin American and US scientists led by J. Alan Pounds of Costa Rica reported that as many as 112 species of frogs have disappeared since 1980. Some 65 amphibian species in Central and South America had also disappeared. Global warming was suspected. Links: Costa Rica, USA, Environment, Animal, WeatherSA, WeatherCA
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2006 Jan 27 |
In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a sudden flood caused by heavy rains killed at least four people in the underground parking garage of a shopping mall. Links: Brazil, WeatherSA, Flood
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2006 Jan 29 |
Heavy rains in Brazil led to the deaths of 12 people in Rio de Janeiro, including six people killed when an underground shopping mall garage filled with water. Links: Brazil, WeatherSA
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2006 May 11 |
Officials in Suriname said floods caused by days of rain have killed three people and left up to 22,000 others homeless along riverbanks of the remote central lowlands. Links: Suriname, WeatherSA
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2006 Jul 12 |
In central Chile flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rain left at least 11 people dead and forced 30,000 to flee their inundated homes. Links: Chile, WeatherSA
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2007 May |
In Argentina a cold snap late this month and the failure of a power plant caused the collapse of the power grid and fuel supply system. Service stations ran out of compressed natural gas, which powers many Argentine cars, including 90% of the taxis in Buenos Aires. Links: Argentina, WeatherSA
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2007 Jul 9 |
Buenos Aires experienced its first major snowfall since June, 1918. Links: Argentina, WeatherSA
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2008 May 31 |
Tropical Storm Arthur the first named storm of the 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season, kicked up surf when it made landfall at the Belize-Mexico border and headed west. Links: Belize, Mexico, WeatherSA
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