Watch a massive waterfall roar after South American storms dump 10 times more water
Intense rain storms caused a waterfall in South America to swell and temporarily close to visitors, park officials said.
Iguazu falls is a semicircular waterfall straddling the border between Brazil and Argentina, according to UNESCO. One of the seven natural wonders of the world, the 262-foot-tall waterfall is over a mile-and-a-half long, Welcome Argentina reported.
The iconic site temporarily closed to visitors this week as it swelled from recent rainfall, AFP reported on Oct. 13. About 10 times more water than usual poured over the waterfall, Euronews and BNN Brazil reported.
Authorities on both sides of the falls closed an iconic tourist walkway — known as the “Devil’s Throat” — and evacuated the park for safety reasons, AFP and Infobae reported. The footbridges retracted in some areas to prevent people from trying to approach the pounding falls, Infobae reported.
Video footage from AFP shows the thundering sight of brown-ish water gushing endlessly over the falls. Some clips showed water rushing across pedestrian walkway bridges.
Iguazu falls later reopened to visitors, but the “Devil’s Throat” walkway remained closed, the park said on Oct. 13.
Google Translate was used to translate stories from Infobae.
This story was originally published October 14, 2022 at 4:34 PM with the headline "Watch a massive waterfall roar after South American storms dump 10 times more water."
