According to Télam news agency, the storm and heavy rain from 15 to 16 January 2020 caused flooding in the municipalities of Famaillá, La Reducción, La Madrid, Los Ralos and Yerba Buena.
The worst affected area was Famaillá, where around 100 people evacuated their homes. Local media, quoting figures from Argentina's National Meteorological Service (SMN), said that 132mm of rain fell in 24 hours in Famaillá.
🛑ARGENTINA: Graves Inundaciones en la Provincia de Tucumán pic.twitter.com/u8HsPUpZ7l
— Tiempo de Noticia ® (@TdnNoticia) January 16, 2020
Other evacuations were carried out in La Reducción (60), La Madrid (28) and Los Ralos (5). In Yerba Buena flooding inundated a police station, forcing those inside to take refuge on the roof of the building.
Floods also affected rural areas of the province. The government of Tucumán deployed a helicopter to fly over remote areas to check for homes or people isolated by the flooding.
On 17 January the government reported a further 50 people had evacuated in Los Ralos and Ranchillos and another 6 in Santa Lucía. The government also said that flooding had affected Aguilares and Santa Ana near the Medina River in the south.
Heavy rain and severe weather was reported elsewhere in northern Argentina during this period. Over 100mm of rain fell in 3 hours in the city of Corrientes, Corrientes Province, causing flash flooding.
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— Red Federal de Comunicación (@RedFederalDeCom) January 16, 2020
En medio de las fuertes tormentas que azotaron nuestro país durante el día de hoy, en la provincia de Tucumán se vivieron fuertes inundaciones. pic.twitter.com/Q5hE5ScfHs
Tremendas inundaciones en #Tucuman pic.twitter.com/spG1SJ6PwL
— Avellaneda Real (@AvellanedaReal) January 16, 2020
#INUNDACIONES "ERA TANTA EL AGUA QUE ARRASTRÓ UN CONTENEDOR EN AVENIDA SIRIA Y ECUADOR" 😱❗#Compartí #Tucumán #Lluvia pic.twitter.com/xlyrPZjltY
— Tucumán Digital (@Tucuman_Digital) January 16, 2020
#Corrientes/Lluvias intensas:105 mm en tres horas, se producen anegamientos en la ciudad. @SMN_Argentina pic.twitter.com/2V1s68IgXY
— Joaquín Arqueros (@ChavalArqueros) January 16, 2020
#TEMPORAL EN #CORRIENTES ⚠☁💦 zona de av. Independencia en cercanías de la rotonda de la Virgen. Ya se registra 127 mm de lluvias... pic.twitter.com/QtrPqOqTai
— 7Corrientes (@7ctes) January 16, 2020
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