In the UK, we
have just had the coldest March in more than 50 years. In Argentina, they are
mourning their dead after the heaviest rainstorm in a century hit Buenos Aires
and La Plata.
At least 48
people were killed by flooding in La Plata, where the provincial governor said
the city had ‘never seen anything like it’, and half a dozen more in the
capital. More bodies are still being
found.
Thousands of
people have had to be moved from their homes, including the mother of the
president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner,
while many others are sheltering on roofs or in trees. In some places, people blocked roads to demand
more help from the authorities.
These were
probably the worst floods in Argentina since the city of Santa Fe was inundated
in 2003 after heavy rain made river levels rise by six feet in just three
hours. More than 150 people died, and
100,000 had to be evacuated.
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