BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Heavy rains that flooded a metropolis on Argentina’s east coast in current days have killed no less than 15 folks, officers mentioned Sunday.
Rescue groups had been trying to find dozens of others reported lacking, together with two women and two adults. Authorities mentioned they had been swept away by floodwaters unleashed by rains that started pelting town of Bahía Blanca on Friday.
Crews have evacuated greater than 1,450 folks from town positioned south of the capital of Buenos Aires. These evacuated embody sufferers from a neighborhood hospital.
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Some 12 inches (300 millimeters) of rain have fallen in Bahía Blanca in current days, when the historic month-to-month common is about 5 inches (129 millimeters).
No rain was forecast for the subsequent 72 hours.
