Feb 7 • 19:04 UTC 🇦🇷 Argentina La Nacion (ES)

Floods in Salta: They had to break the walls of a cemetery for the water to drain

Severe flooding in Salta, Argentina forced the evacuation of 200 people and resulted in significant infrastructural damage, notably leading officials to break cemetery walls to facilitate drainage.

In Salta, Argentina, unprecedented rainfall over the past week resulted in severe flooding, leading to the evacuation of 200 individuals from affected areas. The localities most impacted included El Galpón, Metán, San Francisco, 20 de Junio, and Maipú. In El Galpón, authorities faced challenging conditions as they worked for several hours on emergency measures to manage the floodwaters, which had turned streets into rivers and caused substantial property damage.

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