This article is transferred from [CCTV News]
On March 9, local time, the Security Department of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, reported that the storm disaster in Blanca, Argentina, has caused 15 deaths. At present, at least 1,450 people have been evacuated and another 100 people are missing.
The storm started in the early morning of the 7th and gradually intensified, causing serious flooding in Blanca and surrounding areas. The city government said that due to the severity of the disaster, the death toll may rise further.
The Argentine government launched an assistance and evacuation operation jointly organized by the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Security and the Buenos Aires Provincial Government. The city government said that the reconstruction of the city will cost no less than 400 billion pesos, or about 375.6 million US dollars.
According to official data, this rainstorm and flood disaster is the strongest in the history of Blanca, breaking the rainfall record in March 1933, which is almost equivalent to 70% of the city’s annual rainfall. (Reporter Ma Tianjing)
