Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
40% above average were the inflows to Yacyretá during October 2026, compared with 37% above average since September; the respective flows were 14,400 m³/s and 12,339 m³/s.
32,000 m³/s could be reached by inflows to Yacyretá during the days following October 12, 2026, within a forecast range of 29,000 to 32,000 m³/s; 26,300 m³/s was estimated for the issue date.
5.6 meters could be reached by the Paraná River at Puerto de Ayolas during the days following October 12, 2026, within a forecast range of 5.1 to 5.6 meters, above the 4.2-meter alert level and the 4.5-meter flood threshold.
19,000 m³/s to 18,000 m³/s was the estimated range of the average daily flow released by the Salto Grande dam, according to its joint technical commission.
6.75 m could be reached by the Uruguay River at Paysandú around October 11; when the report was issued, it stood at 5.96 m, was rising at 1 cm per hour and had a safety level of 6.00 m.
6.44 m was the Uruguay River level at Bella Unión, 0.14 m above the 6.30 m safety level and rising at 2 cm per hour.
19 people, mostly women farmers, operate the Community Hydroclimatic Monitoring Network in southern Ahuachapán, El Salvador; during Tropical Storm Julia, an alert issued after more than six hours of rain enabled vulnerable families to evacuate two hours before the rivers overflowed, with no loss of life.
100 km east of Guadeloupe, large sargassum banks are located, contained by the Antilles Current and moving very slowly; more significant arrivals are possible during the second of the next two weeks.
4/5 is the confidence index for the forecast of scattered sargassum arrivals over the next four days in Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy, with greater frequency near Petit Cul-de-Sac.
>70% is the probability of much below-normal precipitation across the northeastern Caribbean from September through November 2026, according to the North American Multi-Model Ensemble.
