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Argentina Issues High Storm Alerts as Galicia Turns Wet and Sonora Bakes

Forecasters warn of large hail, 40–80 mm downpours, damaging gusts in the hardest‑hit Argentine provinces.

Overview

  • Argentina’s meteorological service kept orange storm alerts in place for parts of Corrientes, San Luis, southern Córdoba and La Rioja, citing dangerous storms with frequent lightning, large hail and gusts that can reach 70–100 km/h.
  • Broader yellow alerts cover additional provinces with 30–50 mm of rain expected, while separate cordillera advisories call for westerlies of 50–70 km/h with mountain gusts that may top 120 km/h and 40–60 km/h winds with gusts over 70 km/h in parts of La Rioja, Catamarca and Tucumán.
  • Misiones is under a yellow warning with 20–50 mm forecast and localized 60–80 mm in the north litoral, whereas the Buenos Aires metropolitan area expects drizzle and isolated showers without a high‑level alert.
  • Spain’s Galicia faces a day of widespread rain with near‑certain precipitation in many early periods and southerly gusts reported between roughly 44 and 61 km/h across several municipalities, according to AEMET‑based forecasts.
  • In Mexico, Hermosillo remains unusually hot through Friday with highs near 36–39°C, and forecasters expect a cold front over the weekend that should ease temperatures.