Disaster: More than 1,000 Evacuated Throughout the Province and Fear of Flooding

The storm that affects much of the province of Buenos Aires continues. More than a thousand people were evacuated and there are alerts for storms of level orange for all the northern half of the territory, and red in eleven districts, that yesterday were the most beaten, with more than 300 mm of rain fallen.The storm hit with special saneness the area of Zárate, Campana, Exaltación de la Cruz, Captain Sarmiento and San Antonio de Areco, with flo…

The storm that struck the province of Buenos Aires since Friday left more than 1,000 evacuees, cut routes and entire locations underwater. Rains exceeded 300 millimeters in less than 24 hours, a record that had not been reached for more than a decade. According to the National Weather Service (SMN), eleven municipalities remain under red alert by storms: Zárate, Campana, San Antonio de Areco, Exaltación de la Cruz, San Andrés de Giles, Luján, Me…

With constant updating, desperate moments are lived since Friday in the north of the province of Buenos Aires, due to intense rainfall. After the first 12 hours of rain, it was officially reported that there were more than a thousand evacuated, with the localities of Moreno, Salto and Arrecife being the most affected. However, in Zárate and Campana more than 300 millimeters rained in just half a day, and the persistence of a storm alert from the…

The storm that affects Zárate and Campana forced to raise the weather alert to red, with accumulated rains that already exceed 260 millimeters in some areas. Civil Defense and the National Weather Service anticipated that precipitation will continue during the night of Friday and Saturday, with additional bursts, thunderstorms and accumulated up to 100 mm. Zárate’s mayor, Marcelo Matzkin, asked the population not to leave their homes: “Over 150 …