Overview
- Argentina’s meteorological service kept yellow and localized orange alerts in effect across at least nine provinces, warning of short‑period deluges, frequent lightning, hail and wind gusts up to roughly 60–70 km/h with 20–70 mm of rain possible.
- In Tucumán, extreme rainfall near 170 mm triggered widespread flooding, full closure of sections of National Route 38 and the preventive opening of Dique Escaba’s gates after the reservoir reached its maximum level.
- Tucumán’s Education Ministry suspended classes provincewide from March 10 to 13 to protect students and free schools for emergency support, as authorities assisted hundreds of affected families.
- In Salta, the city of Metán recorded 145.5 mm with inundated neighborhoods and rural access cut, while in Catamarca more than ten localities lost power due to fallen medium‑tension poles and the bridge to Manantiales was destroyed, delaying repairs; in‑person classes were suspended on March 11 in several eastern departments.
- Santiago del Estero moved to an orange alert after 87 mm fell in 12 hours, and in Spain Aemet’s yellow snow alerts brought light accumulations in Madrid’s Sierra and Murcia’s northwest before forecasts pointed to midweek stabilization.