2023-12-18 13:34:36
The Buenos Aires governor, Axel Kicillof, declared a “state of emergency throughout the provincial territory and mourning for the next 72 hours” after the consequences of the strong wind and rain storm over the weekend, which caused 13 deaths in Bahía Blanca, in addition of serious damage and injuries.
In the decree published in the Official Gazette of the province of Buenos Aires, an emergency was declared for 30 days “for the purposes of carrying out urgent works and implementing the necessary actions to solve or alleviate the consequences of the disaster produced, avoid humanitarian aggravations that could arise from it and repair the damage caused or that will occur as a consequence of the weather phenomenon that occurred since December 16, to the entire territory of the province of Buenos Aires.
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He also declared “mourning in the scope of the provincial public administration, for a period of 72 hours, due to the deaths that occurred in the city of Bahía Blanca” and administrative and school leave in the districts of Bahía Blanca, Coronel Rosales, Tres Arroyos. , Monte Hermoso and the towns of Juan Couste, Médanos, Chapalco Argerich and Teniente Origone of the Villarino birth for this Monday and Tuesday.
Axel Kicillof heads the crisis committee in Bahía Blanca
On Sunday Kicillof traveled to Bahía Blanca, where he headed the meeting of the Crisis Committee that is monitoring the emergency situation after the strong storm that affected the city. The Buenos Aires governor said after the summit: “The priority now is for residents to remain in their homes while there are health risks, whether due to problems with power lines, wells or other inconveniences generated by the climate event.”
After the meeting with the mayor, Federico Susbielles, the provincial Security Minister, Javier Alonso, and other authorities, the Buenos Aires Government decided to declare mourning throughout the province of Buenos Aires and an emergency in the affected areas. Kicillof said: “We were in contact with Mayor Susbielles since the weather event began and we continued working with the entire cabinet until the early hours of the morning, as the storm moved practically across the entire surface of the province.”
The Buenos Aires governor explained that they deployed more than 350 personnel in the area, both from the Police and the fire brigades and Civil Defense, specialized in responding to emergencies: “We are accompanying the people of Bahía Blanca not only with assistance for the evacuees. , but also with heavy and light equipment that we moved to the city to be able to carry out the operation to clean streets and fallen trees.”
Kicillof also said: “We are working intensely to restore the energy together with the private company that is in charge of it,” while explaining that “beyond the urgency, this operation must be carried out with great skill because it cannot be restored. the energy if there is a danger of this generating shocks.”
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