Official
Earthquake
Panama (Update)
On 22 October 2026, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) published Situation Report No. 06 on the earthquake of magnitude 7.5 that struck the Azuero Peninsula and several other provinces of Panama on 9 October 2026. According to the report, more than 35,000 people have been affected and more than 5,000 remain in 126 temporary shelters, mainly in Veraguas province. Damage to housing remains extensive, with more than 2,318 homes totally damaged and more than 6,000 partially damaged. Essential services continue to be affected, and schools in the provinces of Los Santos, Herrera, Coclé and Veraguas remain closed. Since 20 October, several affected districts of Veraguas and Los Santos have been under yellow alert due to heavy rainfall and landslide risk. Information available from: OCHA (Situation Report No. 06).
Unofficial
Floods
Argentina (Update)
On 22 October 2026, media reports informed that the rise of the Paraná and Uruguay rivers forced nearly 2,300 people to leave their homes. In Corrientes, 1,084 people were affected, including 543 people sheltered in government facilities and 541 staying with relatives; the provincial capital recorded 480 self-evacuated residents, and Itatí was among the most affected localities, with 411 people evacuated and 27 self-evacuated. In Chaco, 1,194 people were affected, comprising 913 evacuated and 281 self-evacuated, with containment centres available in Puerto Vilelas, Resistencia and Barranqueras. According to provincial authorities, the Paraná River stood at 7.29 metres in Chaco. In Paso de la Patria, the rupture of an embankment during the night of 19 October, when the river reached 7.63 metres, flooded the Don Julián, La Isla and Pescadores neighbourhoods. Two rural workers died on Ibirapitá Island, near Bella Vista, while moving cattle to higher ground. Provincial Route 155 remained closed by flooding in Paso de los Libres, where 31 people were evacuated, and the power utility interrupted electricity supply in flood-prone areas as a preventive measure. Federal security forces were deployed to support the affected areas, and a Navy logistics vessel was expected at the port of Corrientes. Information available from: El Tribuno and La Nación.
Paraguay (Update)
On 21 and 22 October 2026, media reports informed that more than 4,200 families have been affected by the flooding of the Paraná River in the departments of Alto Paraná, Misiones and Ñeembucú, caused by severe storms and hail associated with the El Niño phenomenon. In Ayolas, Misiones department, one of the most affected municipalities, 1,064 families (3,311 people) were evacuated; of these, 221 families (739 people) remain in 17 temporary shelters, including the Municipal Sports Centre, the Municipal Board, the Seccional Colorada and the Mil Viviendas gymnasium, while 843 families (2,572 people) are staying with relatives or in rented housing. The SEN (National Emergency Secretariat, per its acronym in spanish) warned that additional damage is expected in other areas of the country. Authorities estimated that a five-metre rise of the Paraguay River could affect around 2,000 homes in Asunción, and up to 15,000 homes in the event of a seven-metre rise. Information available from: La Voz de Galicia, Prensa Mercosur and Caracol Radio.