Tag: Argentina's National Meteorological Service (SMN)

• Monday, September 9th 2024 - 13:27 UTC

  Heavy smoke from Bolivian fires threatens large parts of Argentina

  

  A large cloud of smoke stemming from wildfires in Bolivia threatens to cover the skies of 15 Argentine provinces and even reach the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) between Monday and Tuesday, due to which “phenomena that may represent inconveniences or difficulties in the normal development in social life are expected,” according to the National Meteorological Service (SMN).

• Tuesday, March 12th 2024 - 19:03 UTC

  Heavy storm leaves one dead, downs trees, and disrupts flights in Buenos Aires

  

  The Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) and parts of the metropolitan areas around it which together make up the so-called AMBA were hit by heavy rains on Tuesday morning- One person was found dead in the Lanús area, five blocks from the CABA limits as residents coped with an orange alert from the National Meteorological Service (SMN) warning of possible thunderstorms and occasional hail.

• Tuesday, December 28th 2021 - 20:50 UTC

  Argentine Patagonia in for hottest and driest year since 1961

  

  According to Argentina's National Meteorological Service (SMN), the weather in Patagonia, particularly in the provinces of Neuquén and Río Negro is about to set a new historic record amid high temperatures and low rainfall which have turned 2021 into the region's hottest and driest year since 1961.

• Thursday, August 13th 2015 - 07:05 UTC

  Rain and floods in Buenos Aires province become a political challenge

  

  Over 20.000 people are estimated to have been evacuated or suffering flooding because of continued rains in Buenos Aires province where a wind alert for the River Plate area and coastal zones is hampering draining possibilities, a situation which started last week and is expected to last until Sunday.