Uruguay: Another drought?, they warn of a 60% probability of the return of La Niña

The probability of the return of the La Niña storm to Uruguay during the second half of the month is 60% and the agricultural and hydroelectric generation sectors could again suffer the consequences of the lack of rain, after going through one of the worst droughts in 100 years in 2022 and 2023. It has been more than a month since there was any rain in Uruguay and the possibility of La Niña returning during the second half of this month would further aggravate the situation. This situation, according to meteorologist José Serra, "puts the water supply in the country in jeopardy." “I hope I am wrong and that in the second half of the month we have an episode of precipitation, but we have very high evaporation and it does not rain,” lamented the meteorologist in dialogue with Telenoche, who also recalled that the high risk of forest fires persists. In this sense, the meteorologist explained that during the meteorological summer the average rainfall is around 330 and 340 mm, while ...