by A storm of heavy rain and winds of up to 100 kilometers per hour This Saturday it impacted the town of Concarán, in the province of San Luis. Other towns in San Luis were affected by the storm and twelve Argentine provinces are under a yellow alert for this Sunday.
Concarán, which had already suffered a storm in December, once again received intense rainfall, with occasional hail and gusts of wind that blew off roofs and knocked down light poles and trees. At 9:30 p.m., almost 45 mm had fallen in the past 24 hours.
The entire population, about 8 thousand people who live 130 kilometers northeast of the provincial capital, was left without electricity or water. “The material damage is innumerable: blown-off roofs, fallen trees, fallen light poles. We were hit hard, suddenly, by a lot of wind and a lot of water,” said the mayor, Marcelo Gil, in dialogue with Tennessee.
The area was affected by a short-term warning from the National Meteorological Service, so – with the necessary precautions – there were no fatalities, explained the community leader.
“A lot of wind, a lot of storm, little hail,” summarized the impact of the storm, which left postcards that were spread on social networks: the trees shaking violently in the wind, the curtain of torrential water, poles and trees fallen on houses and crossed on the street.
The storm hit other towns in the area, bordering the province of Córdoba, such as Villa Merlo.
Twelve provinces under alert for storms and intense winds
For this Sunday, meanwhile, the SMN issued yellow alerts for twelve provinces of Argentina.
saint Louis It will once again be under a storm warning in its western sector. It also affects Mendoza (except in the mountainous part), the northeast of Neuquenthe east of The Pampa and the north of Black river.
The yellow alert for storms will also be in force in the east of Riojathe south of Catamarca, Tucumán, Salta and Jujuy. In the eastern part of Jujuy the warning is of a higher level: orange.
Meanwhile, strong winds are expected in the south, which is why the Meteorological Service issued a yellow alert for Tierra del Fuego and Malvinas Islands and the southeast coast of Santa Cruzincluding its capital, Río Gallegos.
In the City of Buenos Aires and the suburbs, for their part, a Sunday with temperatures between 18 and 28 degrees is expected. In the early morning the sky will be clear. The rest of the day and night are expected to be somewhat cloudy. The wind will be from the east, between 12 and 22 km/h.
