14 people have been killed after a storm brought heavy rain and Winds of 150 km per hour 93 milph to Eastern Argentina the storm hit the port city of bajia blanca around 570 km 355 miles south of Buenos iries on Saturday damaging buildings and causing power outages before moving towards the
Capital on Sunday it comes just a week after new president Javier myi assumed office another two people were killed in neighboring Uruguay officials said that after landing in bajia Blanca the storm caused part of the roof of a sports center to collapse during a roller skating competition killing 13 people a
Further 14 people were injured and firefighters at the scene had to work to Free People trapped beneath the rubble an orange weather alert indicating a threat to life and property was in force in parts of bua C’s Province on Saturday night another woman was killed in the
Town of Moreno a suburb of the city when she was hit by a falling tree branch early on Sunday footage published by local media and reportedly shot at the aerop park airport near bua showed a parked plane being buffeted around by the winds a set of boarding stairs could
Also be seen being blown across a Runway and crashing into a luggage carrier Chlor yans 25 who is visiting our Argentina from the UK described being woken up in her apartment in central buenos Ires at around 3:00 local time 6:00 GMT I heard the loudest wind I’ve
Ever heard in my life then I heard car alarms and a crash outside she said it felt like a hurricane I thought the building was moving I went and sat in the bathroom on the other side of the apartment because I was scared a tree was going to collapse onto my balcony
She said that on Sunday morning much of the area around her apartment remained quiet with many people reluctant to leave their homes I saw people s screens on the floor where they’d been blown out by the wind some cars have been completely crushed she said there are entire streets that are just completely
Blocked by trees and branches that have fallen down then you’ve got cables that were brought down by the trees that are now dangling down in the street she added that by Sunday evening many of the streets were already being cleared and some public transport had resumed president myi traveled to bajia Blanca
With several ministers on Sunday to survey the damage his office said the government was working together with the provincial and municipal authorities to assist the victims and control the damage authorities in Uruguay immediately to the north of Buenos iries said the storm also tore off roofs and toppled trees there two people were
Killed in the early hours of Sunday they
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