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Flood emergency in Santa Fe Province

by pablodavidflores | March 29, 2007 at 03:14 pm

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This is a followup on the article Heavy rainfall over Rosario. Read thorough reports at D for Disorientation: March 2007 rains. A map of the region is available there, as well as many local news sources (in Spanish).

A hydrical emergency has been declared in the province of Santa Fe, in the littoral region of north-central Argentina, after five days of almost continuous rainfall. This unusual precipitation has caused the Paraná River to rise and many other minor rivers, streams and canals to overflow their banks, flooding large sections of the largest cities in the province (Rosario, Santa Fe, Rafaela).

The provincial and local authorities are working to assist the affected population. As of Friday afternoon, 16,000 people have been evacuated in the area of Santa Fe City (which is built at the junction of the Paraná and Salado rivers), and more than 3,000 in Rosario's metropolitan area. One third of Santa Fe is flooded, and the city is virtually isolated, as are many smaller towns. In Rosario, the rise of the Ludueña and Saladillo streams also threatens to flood large sections of the city.

Se declaró la emergencia hídrica en toda la provincia

El gobierno provincial declaró el estado de emergencia hídrica en todo el territorio a raíz del temporal que, según datos oficiales, ya provocó la evacuación de 20 mil personas. Sólo en la ciudad de Santa Fe y su zona ya hay 12 mil evacuados, mientras que en Rosario se abrió un nuevo centro para trasladar a quienes deban dejar sus hogares.

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at 15:32 on March 29th, 2007

Pablo, just saw this come in. Many thanks for your great work. Do you have any recent photos - otherwise I'll associate some of what you posted earlier with this new story.

pablodavidflores

at 15:43 on March 29th, 2007

No recent photos. I haven't gone out much these days, least of all with the camera, for obvious reasons. I'm contacting a group of local photographers (http://www.flickr.com/groups/rosarigasinos/) for collaboration.

mtippett

at 14:23 on March 30th, 2007

Many thanks, pablodavidflores. We got your breaking news submission. It should be up shortly on our home page. I'd appreciate it if you could follow this story for future developments, and, if it turns out your story is in any way inaccurate, could you please make the necessary corrections. At any rate, thanks so much for keeping your eye on the news!