Overview
- Argentina’s national weather service, which issued yellow and orange alerts for Tuesday and Wednesday, warned that a developing low-pressure “ciclogenesis” will drive persistent storms, hail, and wind gusts near 70 km/h across the Buenos Aires metro and northern regions.
- Following the weekend’s downpours, Tucumán’s governor said Monday that rainfall reached up to 200 millimeters in several areas, rivers overflowed, routes were disrupted, and there were confirmed deaths as emergency teams continued rescue and assistance work.
- Catamarca officials reported March rainfall far above historical norms, with early-March totals about 150 millimeters versus a prior 50-millimeter average, and the province moved to reduce public bus hours to 6:00–22:00 to keep the system viable during strained conditions.
- Mexico’s meteorological service forecast that Cold Front 43 will bring thunderstorms, hail, and very strong “Norte” winds up to 90 km/h in the Isthmus and Gulf of Tehuantepec on Tuesday, while the Valley of Mexico kept the Hoy No Circula vehicle limits in place on Monday.
- Separately on Monday, some accredited reporters were turned away from Argentina’s Casa Rosada after credential revocations that officials described as preventive, a step El Ancasti linked to an openDemocracy report alleging foreign-funded media operations.