Flood in Argentina the First Week of April 2013
April 9, 2013
Who: effected the people of Argentina
What: heavy rainstorms causing flooding
When: rains reportedly started to subside April 4, 2013
Where: La Plata; Buenos Aires; Argentina
Repercussions of event:
translated from: http://www.laprensa.com.ni/2013/04/08/planeta/141522-reparten-mas-mil-toneladas [source not studied by ETIS]
"Convoys of vehicles carrying donations from around the country came to the city on Monday, the capital of the province of Buenos Aires (central-east), the largest district with 16 million inhabitants.
However, the District Governor, Daniel Scioli, suspend requested donations, most mattresses, bottled water, clothing and blankets, to make a survey of the "new priorities" in what he described as the start of "a new era"...
Some 150,000 were directly affected by the flooding and another 200,000 indirectly to live in areas close to the water that buried, according to the municipality. The storm also hit the city of Buenos Aires and its suburbs, with other affected 350.000 and eight dead, according to official figures...
The flood damaged or razed nearly 60,000 houses, 25 per cent of La Plata, an important commercial, industrial and university, said the commune."
From another report on Sunday April 7, 2013:
What: heavy rainstorms causing flooding
When: rains reportedly started to subside April 4, 2013
Where: La Plata; Buenos Aires; Argentina
Repercussions of event:
- power losses
- safe drinking water shortages
translated from: http://www.laprensa.com.ni/2013/04/08/planeta/141522-reparten-mas-mil-toneladas [source not studied by ETIS]
"Convoys of vehicles carrying donations from around the country came to the city on Monday, the capital of the province of Buenos Aires (central-east), the largest district with 16 million inhabitants.
However, the District Governor, Daniel Scioli, suspend requested donations, most mattresses, bottled water, clothing and blankets, to make a survey of the "new priorities" in what he described as the start of "a new era"...
Some 150,000 were directly affected by the flooding and another 200,000 indirectly to live in areas close to the water that buried, according to the municipality. The storm also hit the city of Buenos Aires and its suburbs, with other affected 350.000 and eight dead, according to official figures...
The flood damaged or razed nearly 60,000 houses, 25 per cent of La Plata, an important commercial, industrial and university, said the commune."
From another report on Sunday April 7, 2013:
Damage from last week's record rains and flooding in Argentina exceeded five billion dollars, according to officials, who said on Sunday that more than 350,000 people suffered losses in property.
"More than 350,000 of our neighbours were affected directly or indirectly by the storm, which caused 2.6 billion pesos (five billion dollars) in damage," according to a press release by the Telam government news agency.
Posted by Severe weather blog.
