Overview
- Park authorities and the concessionaire announced the reopening for Tuesday, October 13, after a steady drop in the Iguazú River allowed them to lift the preventive closure.
- The park closed when flows rose above 12,000 cubic metres per second, well past the 8,000 m3/s threshold that forces the shutdown of the Garganta del Diablo walkway.
- Staff had preemptively dismantled the Devil’s Throat walkways to protect them from the surge, a choice officials say likely prevented structural loss during the peak flows.
- Teams will carry out inspections of passarelas and circuits before fully restoring each route, and visitors are asked to consult official park channels for which circuits are open.
- Heavy rains in the upper Iguazú basin in Brazil drive these floods, and past events in 2022–2023—when flows topped 20,000 m3/s and damaged walkways—underscore the park’s ongoing vulnerability and need for cross‑border monitoring