Overview
- Argentina’s national weather service kept orange and yellow alerts in force across more than a dozen provinces for 21 December, warning of severe storms with 80–150 mm of rain in spots and wind gusts exceeding 90 km/h.
- In Santa Fe city, gauges registered up to 75.25 mm by midday Saturday as municipal crews cleared drains, ran pumping stations and responded to dozens of service requests tied to street flooding.
- Rosario recorded roughly 42 mm of rain and gusts near 80 km/h, logged over 50 weather-related calls, and canceled the “La Noche en mi Barrio” event because of the adverse forecast.
- Catalonia’s Inuncat flood plan remains activated for the Barcelona and Girona litoral and prelitoral, and Protecció Civil pushed Es-Alert messages to nearby municipalities warning of potential flooding.
- Meteocat expects an Atlantic disturbance to bring a marked temperature drop around Christmas with inland frosts in Catalonia as authorities continue active monitoring through the holiday period.