2024-03-20 01:11:00
A storm of rain, furious gusts and hail This Tuesday, the Buenos Aires city of 9 de Julio and other towns in the area were demolished. Conurbano, which caused multiple damages in the areas reached by the storm, and there were even cases of neighbors with minor injuries. The meteorological phenomenon was of such magnitude that it produced falling trees, blowing off roofs, dozens of evacuees and some neighborhoods were left without electricity supply.
Some of the areas hardest hit by the storm were the autodrome and the aerodrome of 9 de Juliowith shocking destruction that kept the neighbors in suspense during the day.
At the airfield, several small planes were overturned due to the intensity of the winds and the images of the chaotic picture were replicated on social networks.
“We were not prepared for a tornado”summarized Martín Banchero, Secretary of Housing and Urban Planning.
At least 40 residents had to be evacuated. while the official requested assistance from the national and provincial governments.
In dialogue with C5NBanchero delved into the dramatic situation following the storm: “We have been evacuating people for two hours., doing surveys, seeing house by house if there is a danger of collapse. We are in a very worrying state. “They contacted the Province to make themselves available.”
Likewise, he warned that The roofs of many homes were blown off.causing a situation of maximum danger on public roads.
On the other hand, in statements to Rivadavia radiojournalist Daniel Escobedo indicated that “regarding 50 millimeters fell” in less than an hour on the city of 9 de Julio, which caused some material damage in different sectors of the region, located regarding 260 kilometers southwest of the City of Buenos Aires.
“There was a yellow alert, but there were regarding 40 minutes of very intense rain, hurricane-force winds and hail,” the journalist explained, adding that one of the most striking phenomena of the storm was “that at times the stones fell in one direction and then immediately fell. in the opposite direction.”
“After that, an orange alert arose, the sky darkened once more but it rained very little, and then the sun came out…” Escobedo pointed out.
Firefighters and Civil Defense personnel participated in the operation to assist the victims, especially the inhabitants of a new neighborhood, located in the southern area, where some homes were left without roofs and with part of their structure damaged.
The facilities of the city’s aeroclub and the Guillermo Yoyo Maldonado racetrack, which is usually used for national competitions, also suffered serious damage.
Bragado and Chivilcoy, scenes of meteorological chaos
Bragado and Chivilcoy were other of the towns most damaged by the violent storm.
In fact, images of the hail, which had proportions similar to a tennis ball.
The violence of the storm It caused several trees to fall and also impacted power lines.which is why several residents in the area were left without electricity.
Regarding the catastrophic destruction, a worker from Bragado pointed out TN: “I threw the corn to the devil. I lost a year’s work, 120 hectares. It was raining in buckets. It also hailed, there are soybeans that had nothing left. There are going to be tremendous losses in this entire area.”
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