2023-04-24 07:00:00
Video: the City of Buenos Aires from above
As on Sunday, this Monday the City of Buenos Aires is still shrouded in persistent smoke that affects visibility and leaves an intense smell of burning. From the National Meteorological Service (SMN) they explained in the last hours that “it comes from a fire in the Uruguayan department of San José.” It is an igneous source that affects the town of Costas de Pereira.
In dialogue with Infobae, the spokesperson for the SMN, Mariela de Diego, stated that the fire has been active since yesterday and that the east wind, which displaces the smoke towards the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area, will continue until Tuesday followingnoon. and/or night. In this sense, she highlighted that “the wind can have occasional rotations that will generate moments of greater and lesser smoke ingress, as long as the fire that causes it is still active.”
According to the Buenos Aires Observatory, the meteorological station belonging to the observation network of the National Meteorological Service, in the followingnoon, the sky is Partly Cloudy and visibility is reduced by 9 kilometers due to smoke. It is that, to the presence of smoke in the City and surroundings is added that of “morning mists and probable drizzles in the followingnoon,” explained the SMN.
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The City of Buenos Aires is not the only district affected by smoke, but it affects other towns in the region and is also present in other Argentine provinces, but for other reasons.
The smoke present in the Federal Capital comes from a fire in the Uruguayan department of San José (Adrián Escandar)
According to the SMN, “on Monday the 24th, the atmosphere is expected to be slightly to moderately cloudy due to the presence of smoke in the center and south of Tucumán; southeast (might reach Rosario, Arroyo Seco, Villa Constitución and surrounding cities), east (might reach Ciudad de Santa Fe), center and west of Santa Fe; southwest, south, center of Entre Ríos; northeast of Buenos Aires; and slightly turbid in the north of Santa Fe; southwest and southeast of Santiago del Estero; northwest, northeast and east of Córdoba; southeast of Catamarca; and this one from La Rioja”.
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A similar situation was experienced on March 3, although with the additional seasoning of high temperatures and, at that time, the reason was due to active fires in the southern area of the Paraná Delta, near Baradero.
The fire has been active since yesterday and the east wind moves the smoke towards the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (Photo/Adrián Escandar)
When a person breathes in this smoke, the health effects can be immediate. Some of them are: cough, difficulty breathing normally, burning eyes, irritation in the throat, more runny nose, irritation in the nose, wheezing and shortness of breath, chest pain, headaches, asthma attacks, tiredness, or fast heartbeat.
Among the most precise recommendations, it was indicated that if the smoke affects someone inside the homes, rags or rolled towels can be placed under the openings (windows and doors) to prevent its entry.
Likewise, it was recalled that vulnerable groups should have the flu vaccine and the pneumococcal vaccine to reduce the risk of respiratory infections whose symptoms can be aggravated by smoke inhalation.
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Both vaccines are available in vaccination centers in the province of Buenos Aires, free of charge for all risk groups.
In the presence of smoke in the city, it is recommended to place rolled rags or towels under openings (windows and doors) to prevent it from entering homes
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