Floods along the Uruguay River, shared by both countries, are increasingly frequent and serious. A UN fund aims to boost adaptation efforts on both sides of the border.
More than 3,000 people in Uruguay were forced to leave their homes in Paysandú, as well as 500 in Argentina. In recent years, authorities have made residents of flood zones to relocate to safer neighborhoods or inland basins – but this has been limited to low-lying, low-income areas. In Uruguay, the accumulation of this accumulation in the city of Concordia has prompted adaptation efforts.