2023-12-18 01:10:00
Behind the storm that devastated the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area During the early hours of Sunday, affecting more than 300 thousand homes, the national Energy Secretariat reported that it will import energy from Brazil to restore electrical service.
On its official website, the Ministry of Energy announced that “emergency measures have been arranged” and explained that “the first has been to provide, on a temporary basis, the import of electrical energy from Brazil to compensate for the breakdown of a series of Electricity Generating Units (reaching a maximum of 1,640 megawatts).”
The second emergency measure was “the coordination with electrical service provider companies in order to restore the service in the south of Buenos Aires and in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires.” According to the state agency, “there are regarding one million users affected”.
According to the information provided by the distributors, most of the service will be restored during the first 24 hours, although They consider a period of 72 hours to normalize all the electrical supply in the AMBA. Finally, they requested “the maximum collaboration of Argentines in the rational use of electrical energy in this situation.”
After 9 p.m. this Sunday, the website indicated that the affected users in the area supplied by the company EDENOR were 70,428, compared to 3,239,782. For their part, the users affected by the cuts in the area covered EDESUR were 128,855compared to 2,548,443 with normal service.
The impact of the storm in the AMBA: deaths, floods and destruction
After the storm that affected the city of Bahía Blanca, the air mass continued to advance through the province of Buenos Aires and during the early hours of Sunday a strong storm was recorded in the AMBA.
A 19-year-old young man died in the Buenos Aires city of Cañuelas when he was riding a moped. Police sources reported that the victim was identified as Nahuel Mendoza and the incident occurred on Pueyrredón Street at 2500 in the Los Pozos neighborhood.
Meanwhile, his companion, Osiris de Jesús Pérez, 15 years old, is hospitalized in serious condition at the Cuenca Hospital. The incident occurred in the middle of a rain and wind storm, between 5:40 and 6:00, for reasons that were being investigated.
A street lighting pole was down meters away from the body, so The strongest suspicion is that Mendoza died from the impact of the stick that surprised him in full motion.. Another hypothesis is that the Guerrero 150 motorcycle they were riding on hit the pole in front of it or became tangled in the cables, causing the motorcyclists to fall abruptly onto the asphalt.
While, a woman died around 8 this Sunday, following being crushed by the large branch that fell from a tree from regarding 30 meters high. Police sources reported that the incident occurred at the intersection of Monsegur and Unamuno streets in that area of the Moreno district.
The Scientific Police of the Buenos Aires force worked at the scene and the Functional Instruction Unit (UFI) number 8 intervened in the incident, headed by Eleonora Cuadro, who ordered the neighborhood survey and security cameras to advance the fact.
The Buenos Aires government reported that they received 544 requests for assistance until 9 in the morning following the violent gusts of wind and rain. City emergency teams, Firefighters, Police and Public Space and Civil Defense personnel worked to assist the neighbors.
As a result of the strong storm, several flights that were supposed to depart or land at the Metropolitan Airport or Ezeiza were canceled or delayed. As a result of the strong storm several flights that were supposed to depart or land at the Aeroparque Metropolitano or Ezeiza were canceled or delayed.
Hundreds of young people were left under the deluge in the Bresh and the enormous stage was even blown up
The neighborhoods of Palermo, Belgrano, Recoleta and San Nicolás were among the most affected areas in the City, with fallen trees, flooded streets and other damage. On Zapata Street, in Belgrano, a water tank fell in the last few hours and hit two vehicles that were parked and then was dragged to the corner by the same gusts of wind.
In the Conurbano, the most complicated areas were Avellaneda, Quilmes, Lomas de Zamora, Wilde, San Isidro, Tigre, Vicente López, Pilar, San Fernando, Ramos Mejía and others in the western area.
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