“You have to rebuild a city”, on Saturday said a senior official of the Argentine province of Buenos Airesafter the storm that left at least 10 dead and more than 1,000 evacuated in the city of Bahía Blancasouth of the capital.
“It is collaborating between national and provincial government for the storm of Bahía Blancamaking resources available. Basically you have to rebuild a city, there are people who lost everything”He said Carlos BiancoMinister of Government of Buenos Airesin statements to the local station Futurock.
An old man receives help to evacuate an area flooded after a powerful storm whipped the city of Bahía Blanca, 600 km south of Buenos Aires, on March 7, 2025. (Photo by Pablo Presti / AFP)
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The deceased “It’s already 10”, The Mayor’s Office of Bay White In a statement. At least five people died on public roads, said the entity, who did not rule out that there are more fatal victims in this city of 350,000 inhabitants.
The amount of evacuees descended from 1,321 to 1,128 between Friday night and on Saturday morning, according to the last report of the Mayor’s Office.
The storm, which began at dawn on Friday and lasted until noon, was listed as “unpublished”By the Minister of Security of the Province of Buenos Aires, Javier Alonso.
The storm downloaded more than 400 millimeters of rain in eight hourswhat is “What rains all year in Bahía Blancapractically. (…) this is something unpublished ”, held.
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Desolation
Local media reported looting during the night and showed images of Shattered shops. The Argentine press also noted that there are two sisters of 4 and 1 year of age who are missing after the Climate phenomenon.
The Minister of Government Security of Javier Milei, Patricia Bullrichhe announced in X in the middle of the morning that he was in the place.
The government authorized help to repair damage 10,000 million pesos (about 9.2 million dollars to the official change).
The storm left a large part of the coastal city, 600 km south of Buenos Aires And that houses one of the main ports of Argentina. Then the Mayor’s Office suspended the electricity supply for safety reasons due to the large amount of water in streets and sidewalks.
A man is standing at the door of a car stranded in the mud after a powerful storm whipped the city of Bahía Blanca, 600 km south of Buenos Aires, on March 7, 2025. (Photo by Pablo Presti / AFP)
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On Saturday morning the local electricity company restored the service to Approximately 30,000 users, And he continues to work to take energy to the rest of the city, he reported.
Bahía Blanca He has a sad history of climatic catastrophes, the last in December 2023 when a storm of strong winds left 13 dead, collapsed houses and great damage in all his infrastructure, with Millionaire losses
Heavy rains also fell on Friday afternoon and night in the coastal city of Mar del Plata, About 400 km from Bahía Blanca.
In this iconic town for Argentines’ holidays, The Mayor’s Office suspended night recreation activities on Fridaythe classes in the institutes that will be taken during the afternoon and the night and asked the population not to circulate along the street while the storm lasts.
In the Buenos Aires City Storms were recorded on Friday night, but did not generate major damage.
