Super El Niño Storm Impacts Paraguay: A powerful storm with winds up to 90 km/h hit central, northern and eastern Paraguay, damaging homes, power lines and crops in Caaguazú, San Pedro and Cordillera, with authorities reporting about 20,000 people affected. Heatwave Record: Paraguay also shattered a 74-year temperature record over 26–27 September, with Mariscal Estigarribia in the Chaco reaching 43.8°C and multiple localities setting new daily highs. Hail in Asunción: Heavy rain and strong winds brought widespread hail damage in the capital, breaking windows and denting cars. Biodiversity Spotlight: Paraguay’s Bat Conservation Programme marked Bat Day with a push to strengthen national identity around bats and rebuild conservation networks. Protected Forests: A report highlights San Rafael National Park’s Atlantic Forest fragment—home to hundreds of bird species and key water and carbon storage—while noting underfunded enforcement. Sustainable Procurement in Practice: Paraguay’s public procurement agency DNCP improved tracking of sustainable public procurement by adding sustainability clauses to e-GP and building an internal dashboard, identifying 10,000+ sustainability clauses over two years. Climate Risk for Children: UNICEF warns El Niño-related rainfall extremes put 25.8 million children across Latin America and the Caribbean at very high risk, affecting food, water and services. Internet Dependence (Paraguay Angle): A thought experiment asks what a 24-hour internet outage would disrupt in Paraguay, where online access is now near-universal.