Bahía Blanca enfrenta una situación crítica tras recibir más de 200 milímetros de lluvia en pocas horas, lo que equivale a un tercio de su media anual. Las autoridades han suspendido todas las actividades, incluyendo el transporte público y las clases, mientras se evacúan zonas vulnerables y el hospital Pena. La ciudad, que aún recuerda el devastador temporal de diciembre de 2023, lucha por manejar esta emergencia climática sin precedentes. Se insta a los residentes a permanecer en sus hogares mientras continúan las lluvias y se espera que la situación mejore hacia el mediodía.
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00:16Well Julieta, there is a last moment and it has to do with Bahía Blanca.
00:19Yes, yes Pame, because during the whole early morning of this Friday,
00:22rains have been recorded that have practically stopped the city.
00:26The Municipality of Bahía Blanca has decided to stop all activities,
00:29there is no public transport.
00:30There are no classes.
00:31There are no classes, schools are closed,
00:33even the hospital Pena had to be evacuated.
00:35They are now with operatives to be able to help these more than 40 families
00:39that have had to be evacuated from the most vulnerable areas of the city,
00:44where the water has had the most effect.
00:46And as we said, this request of the Municipality and the authorities
00:50is that they do not leave their homes as much as possible,
00:54do not do any kind of activity because the storms are still going on.
00:58Although the meteorological service is working minute by minute
01:01with what may happen in the following hours,
01:04the situation at this time is really critical, Pame.
01:07Well, let's remember that it rained all morning.
01:11I want to talk to Maxi Alica, a journalist from Bahía Blanca.
01:15We are already in communication with him.
01:17Hello Maxi, good morning, thank you very much.
01:19How are you? Good morning.
01:22Good morning, Maxi. How is the situation in Bahía Blanca at this time?
01:26A real disaster. Look, I'll give you a graph with a number.
01:29Between 3.40 in the morning, when it started to rain,
01:32until 7.15, more than 200 millimeters fell.
01:35The historical annual average of Bahía Blanca,
01:37that is, for the entire city, the annual average is 629.
01:42That is, only in three hours, three hours and something,
01:45we have more or less a third of the rain that generally falls in the city,
01:50which is a rather dry city.
01:52Although it is in danger of rain, it is a rather dry city.
01:55And it continues to rain and it continues to rain intensely,
01:57and the city is all flooded, especially the lower areas,
02:00both in the north and in the south.
02:02Of course, the vulnerable sectors, as I said, but also the non-vulnerable.
02:06There are places where the water reaches the windows of the cars.
02:09For example, in the hospital Pena, as you said,
02:11that has just been evacuated.
02:13Yes, Maxi, I know this is a question that is kind of useless at this time,
02:19but were you expecting these storms?
02:21Could some prevention work be carried out?
02:25Let's see, how far is it possible?
02:27Because on December 16, 1923, less than a year and a half ago,
02:31Bahía Blanca suffered the worst storm in its history.
02:34In fact, there were 13 deaths.
02:35I don't know if you remember, 14,000 trees fell.
02:37It seemed like they had bombed the city.
02:39It was a very intense phenomenon,
02:41with much stronger winds than at least those that have occurred so far.
02:45And 14,000 trees fell.
02:47It seemed like the city had been bombed.
02:49From that moment until now, every two or three days,
02:53we receive an alert from the Bahíans,
02:55from different levels, the yellow alert,
02:57or the most common, the orange alert,
02:59of possible storms.
03:00Normally, such strong storms do not occur.
03:02Then the alert is issued by the Meteorological Service.
03:05But yesterday...
03:07We are running out of time, Maxi.
03:09We are running out of communication.
03:11It is more serious for today,
03:16so, in a way, we are warned.
03:19With the fall of so much water,
03:20it is very difficult to try to contain all the problems.
03:23Yes, Maxi, while we talk to you,
03:25the images are very sad.
03:28Those of the hospital are incredible.
03:30To the question that Julie asks,
03:32what is missing?
03:33Because the meteorological phenomena,
03:37climate change,
03:38can never be unrecognized.
03:40In a very short time,
03:41the water that fell was a lot,
03:43but with construction works,
03:45can it be prevented?
03:46Is it a very big job
03:48that Bahía Blanca has to do?
03:50It is an immense job.
03:52It is an immense job.
03:53Obviously,
03:54what happens is that, I tell you,
03:55we are not prepared for this type of storm.
03:58They are not usual.
03:59There were never important storms in Bahía Blanca,
04:02but they did not follow as many consequences
04:04as they are now.
04:05So, yes, obviously,
04:06it is going to be a lot of infrastructure work,
04:09which in a country like ours,
04:10we know that it is very difficult to carry out,
04:12but there will be no choice but to undertake them.
04:14Yes, in this case,
04:15we have to say that the Bahíenses were warned,
04:18but in any case,
04:19given the magnitude of the phenomenon,
04:20as I told you,
04:21it is impossible to control all the problems.
04:23Maxi, I leave you the message for the Bahíense,
04:26right?
04:27Don't leave your house.
04:28What other recommendation?
04:30Don't leave your house,
04:32just because of an extreme need.
04:35Of course,
04:36if you have water at home,
04:37the recommendation is that you have energy,
04:40preferably with energy,
04:42not barefoot.
04:43These are things that are quite simple,
04:48but if you are encouraged to go and get some water,
04:52to dig the sewers,
04:54simple things,
04:56but you have to try to attend,
04:57to stay,
04:58preferably in the homes of each one,
05:00if possible,
05:01in some place,
05:02or in some place,
05:03shelter.
05:04Sorry, Maxi,
05:05is the rain still up to now?
05:06What is the forecast?
05:07It is still strong,
05:08and the forecast is that it will continue during the morning,
05:11it will lose intensity closer to noon,
05:14but as you said a little while ago,
05:16the meteorological service is updating minute by minute.
05:18Thank you, Maxi.
05:20A hug.