Overview
- The provincial farm-emergency commission urged an emergency or disaster decree for 16 districts in 9 de Julio, Vera and General Obligado and sent it to Governor Maximiliano Pullaro.
- The same recommendation asks to cover horticulture in Santa Fe, Recreo and Monte Vera because market-garden losses were steep.
- Government monitors report more than 1,100 mm of rain in towns such as Vera, Pintado, Gobernador Crespo and Villa Minetti, with bursts near 300 mm in hours and cross-province runoff that kept fields under water.
- Provincial ministers met with northern senators to coordinate aid in places like Villa Minetti and San Bernardo and to design a credit line for producers.
- Officials say more than 260 water works, over 3,000 km of channel cleaning and 35 restored gauges are in place, while new loans, a Ropeca supplier registry and eased bank rules aim to speed help as forecasters warn El Niño could keep rains high.