More than 100000 flee El Niño flooding in Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.

More than 100,000 people have had to evacuate from their homes in the bordering areas of Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina due to severe flooding in the wake of heavy summer rains brought on by El Niño.
In the most affected country, Paraguay, around 90,000 people in the area around the capital city of Asuncion have been evacuated. Many are poor families living in precarious housing along the banks of the river Paraguay.
The Paraguayan government has declared a state of emergency in Asuncion and seven regions of the country to free up funds to help those affected. Several people have been killed by trees falling in the storms that caused the flooding.
In Alberdi, the government recommended that several thousand more people living along the banks of the river Paraguay evacuate.
Officials at Paraguay's emergencies office said the river might rise even more in the coming days, stabilizing and falling back towards normal levels from January onwards.
In northern Argentina, around 20,000 people have also had to abandon their homes.
In Uruguay, more than 9,000 people have had to flee their homes.
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff also flew over the flooded areas on the border with Argentina and Uruguay. Rio Grande Do Sul state civil defense said 1,795 people were left homeless there after 38 towns were affected by heavy rains.