Overview
- Authorities confirm one death and about 35 injuries after a sudden surge hit crowded beaches on Jan. 12 in Santa Clara del Mar, Mar Chiquita, Camet and Mar del Plata.
- The victim was identified in reports as Yair Amir Manno Núñez, 29, an Argentine who had been living in France, who died after being hurled against rocks.
- Experts from the Servicio de Hidrografía Naval and other specialists describe the event as consistent with a meteotsunami and say formal analysis is underway.
- Multiple videos show the sea retreating and then returning within seconds as a wall of water of up to roughly five meters; a TV program in Mar del Plata captured the moment live.
- Beaches were evacuated, lifeguards pulled several people from the water, and officials reported one person hospitalized after a syncope event who is now considered out of danger.