The feet in the mud, the inhabitants of Bahia Blanca released the debris and noted the extent of the damage, Monday March 10, three days after the record floods which affected the port city, 600 km south of Buenos Aires. The authorities continued to seek two little girls, 1 year and 5 -year -old sisters, swept away by the waters while their mother tried to save them from the family vehicle, helped by the driver of a van. The body of man was found and included in the assessment of at least 16 dead, the mother survived. A hundred people were still sought after and more than 500 evacuates still found refuge in improvised reception centers on Monday.
In total, at least 70 % of the 340,000 inhabitants of Bahia Blanca were affected by the floods, according to Federico Susbielles, the mayor of Bahia Blanca. Friday, March 7, the water went up to the roofs where some residents had taken refuge. Cars and bridges were swept away. The scale of the damage is explained by the quantity of precipitation fallen into a small number of hours: between 4 hours and 9 hours, 210 millimeters of water fell on the city, then 80 millimeters until 3 p.m., notes the national meteorological service, the equivalent what it rains in the space of six months. A record.
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