At least 16 dead, about 900 displaced people and a hundred missing is the balance of floods in the Argentine city of Bahìa Blanca. Federico Susbielles, Mayor of this port city 600 km south of Buenos Aires, he estimated that Friday’s flood caused damage to 400 million dollars. The Ministry of Security of the Province of Buenos Aires, where Bahìa Blanca is located, reported in a statement that he had received more than 100 complaints of people who disappeared due to the storm hit in this city that hosts one of the main ports of Argentina.
The Argentine president Javier Milei He declared three days of national mourning after the floods in Argentina caused at least 16 deaths. “The National Government will continue to devote itself to rescue at this painful moment for all Argentines,” wrote the presidency in a press release.
«Pope Francis is informed of the flood that hit Argentina. He is close, with thought and prayer, to the people of the Bahia Blanca area ». This was reported by the Vatican press room-