Violent 95 mph storm in Argentina shows climate crisis horror
Pulitzer Prize winner and climate activist Laurie Garrett opined in a post on the social media platform X that “amid record heatwaves across Argentina a storm swept in from the Atlantic with such force that some concrete structures in coastal areas were levelled while 13 people died and even deep into Buenos Aires major buildings were found unsafe”.
By Our Special Correspondent
New Delhi, December 17: Thirteen people were killed after the roof of a sports facility collapsed following a never seen storm that blew over Argentina on Saturday. The climate activists have warned that the storm was a climate crisis event which blew away even concrete while parked airplanes were violently sent crashing into walls at Benos Aires arport in Argentina.
The Daily News reported that “during a violent 95 mph storm in Bahía Blanca, Argentina, a sports center roof collapsed at a roller-skating exhibition, resulting in at least 13 fatalities and multiple serious injuries”.
Pulitzer Prize winner and climate activist Laurie Garrett opined in a post on the social media platform X that “amid record heatwaves across Argentina a storm swept in from the Atlantic with such force that some concrete structures in coastal areas were levelled while 13 people died and even deep into Buenos Aires major buildings were found unsafe”.
The social media platforms were full of videos of the impact of the storms showing the people in Argentina shell-shocked at the impact of the storm. It may be recalled that Argentina had seen a long spell of heat wave in the recent months which were explained by the environmentalists to the extreme climate events because of the global warming.
Volcaholic posted on X saying, “more video from yesterday’s storm in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This is Palermo Hippodrome where you can see glass flying everywhere.” La Nacion reported that “at least 13 people died this Saturday in Bahía Blanca due to the storm which hit the city and other nearby towns with gusts of wind that reached 140 km/h, according to the mayor of Bahia, Federico Susbielles, in his X account, who also asked the population to take extreme care and not travel on public roads”. The daily also quoted the Office of the Presidency of Argentina assuring that “the national cabinet is working together with the provincial authorities and municipal in assisting victims and in damage control.”
The daily stated that the “deceased were at the Club Bahiense del Norte at a skate festival when the roof collapsed. The storm, in addition to the damage to the electrical system, left enormous difficulties for transportation due to branches, trees, signs, poles and other types of infrastructure that fell on the streets.”
Social media platforms were full of videos showing gusts of wind and trails of intense rains and the destruction left by the storm. The users on the social media platforms claimed that they had not seen something like this.
M Barak, a user on X, posed a video, saying: “A Boeing 737 dances with gale-force winds in Buenos Aires! Powerful storm batters the city, causing widespread power outages and damage. This footage from Pistarini airport shows the raw power of nature.”
Argentine storm has come within days of the conclusion of COP28 in Dubai where the nations agreed for the measures to phaseout fossil fules by 2050 in their bids to limit the rise in the average global temperature to 1.5 degree Celsius.
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