Overview
- Argentina’s national weather service, which updated its bulletin Monday, put an orange alert over eastern Río Negro and yellow alerts across other regions for severe storms and heavy rain.
- The orange tier warns of dangerous storms with intense short bursts of rain, frequent lightning, possible hail and wind gusts up to 90 km/h, with 40–50 mm of rain that could be higher in spots.
- Yellow alerts call for storms of varying intensity across parts of Buenos Aires, Río Negro, Chubut, La Pampa, Córdoba, La Rioja, Catamarca, Tucumán and Salta, with 30–50 mm of rain and gusts up to 80 km/h.
- For the Buenos Aires metro area, forecasts pointed to isolated storms into midday Monday with showers later and gradual improvement by night, after a Sunday that carried a lower, tapering storm risk.
- Officials urged people in affected areas to stay indoors when storms hit, avoid flood‑prone zones, secure loose items and cut power if water enters homes, noting that orange alerts flag hazards dangerous to life and property.