How often is Argentina in the news around the world. Knowing that I write mainly for myself and maybe once in a while somebody else, this is never going to change the smallest littlebit ...
Is there somebody outside Argentina that knows what is going on in and around Tartagal, province of Salta?
This year has brought more rain than the previous ones, unfortunatly a lot more than that. Good to refil the reserves that had come to an allarming low level, but some regions can't take it anymore. Especially the Tartagal region has been hit with the Rio Seco - what's in a name - as shown in the picture above not any longer crossing national road 34, no, it has eaten it's way trough. Rain is espected to fall untill at least September 12th, where normally the raining season ends mid to late March.
As NR 34 is the only asphalted road to Tartagal, the only reliable connection right now is an airbridge towards a zone that anyway receives a lot of food and other state aids for the people to survive.
Many houses have been eaten away by the river, as it deepens and widens it's way at a constant pace. Many more will go with people braking down whatever shack they have in the hope they can rebuild it somewhere else.
1 comment:
Good point, Fonz. De enige manier waarop Argentinië af en toe in het nieuws komt, is door het grote aantal voetballers dat het aflevert in europese topclubs. Over de overvloedige regenval : geen woord.
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