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Tourists take photos near the very swollen Iguazu Falls, the largest waterfall system in the world, is flowing above average. On Monday 30 October, the Falls were flowing at over 24 million litres of water per second - its second highest flow since 1997, when monitoring began being measured hourly. Today, the volume has been registered at 18 million litres per second. IMAGES
The US Federal Reserve raises its benchmark lending rate to the highest level since 2001 to tackle above-target inflation, and signaled the possibility of further increases ahead. SOUNDBITE
Buenos Aires, Jan 14 (EFE).- Argentina recorded cumulative inflation of 36.1 percent in 2020, which, compared to 53.8 percent in 2019, was greatly tempered by the freezing of utility rates and the drop in consumption during the pandemic.The country remains in the second place in Latin America with the highest inflation, only surpassed by Venezuela. (Camera: ALBERTO CARATOZZOLO).B-ROLL OF THE CENTRAL MARKET OF BUENOS AIRES (MERCADO CENTRAL DE BUENOS AIRES) IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA.
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Jan 12 (EFE), (Camera: Janaina Quinet) .- Brazil closed 2020 with an inflation rate of 4.52%, the highest since 2016, the Government reported on Tuesday.FOOTAGE OF SUPERMARKETS IN RIO DE JANEIRO.
Images of flooded streets in Buenos Aires and its surroundings after a storm submerged parts of the Argentine capital, resulting in at least one death, flight delays, submerged vehicles, and business closures. IMAGES
Deserted streets in Hong Kong as Hong Kong's weather observatory raised its typhoon alert to the highest level at 8:15 pm (1215 GMT) on September 1st, over Super Typhoon Saola, one of the strongest storms to hit southern China in years. IMAGES