Orange and yellow storm warnings in effect for 15 provinces

The National Meteorological Service (SMN) issued on Wednesday afternoon, orange and yellow alerts for storms for the provinces of Corrientes, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos, Misiones, Buenos Aires, San Luis, Córdoba, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Tucumán, Salta, Jujuy, Chaco and Catamarca. life, property, and the environment.” In Corrientes, this morning’s red alert was lowered to orange and covers the south, center and west of the province, while for the rest of the territory a yellow alert is in force. Also, there is an orange alert for north, center and west of Entre Ríos, and east and north of the province of Santa Fe.” The area will be affected by storms, some locally strong or severe that will be accompanied by intense gusts, occasional hail, strong electrical activity and mainly abundant rainfall in short periods,” the agency said. You may also be interested in: “Miramar: the second death due to the storm that hit the city is confirmed”In which provinces the yellow alert is in forceIn turn, a yellow alert is in force for storms of lower intensity throughout the Tucuman territory, east of Catamarca, center and east of Salta, east and south of Jujuy and west, The same alert applies to the south, center, east, west and north of the province of Córdoba, northwest of Buenos Aires, north of La Pampa, the entire territory of San Luis, south, north, east and center of Mendoza, south of La Rioja and east of Chaco.” In these areas, accumulated precipitation values between 30 and 60 mm are expected, which may be exceeded in a timely manner,” the SMN reported. The storm that destroyed Miramar and caused two deathsDuring the day last Tuesday, a strong storm occurred in the coastal city of Miramar, with rain and wind of great intensity, which caused, so far, two deaths and some damage in the city. Last Tuesday night, one death was reported, a 17-year-old boy who had a tree fall on him when he was returning home on his bicycle. However, on Wednesday morning, the second fatal victim of the storm that hit the seaside resort was known.

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