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Argentina Issues Orange Storm Alerts for Central Buenos Aires as Mexico Warns of Cold Surge and Heavy Rains

National forecasters urge precautions, highlighting severe storm risk in Argentina alongside a cold surge in Mexico.

Overview

  • Argentina’s SMN places central Buenos Aires under an orange alert for strong to locally severe storms with 50–80 mm of rain in short periods and wind gusts above 90 km/h.
  • Localized orange alerts include Las Flores from 03:00–08:59 and 9 de Julio from 09:00–14:59, with forecasts of 60–80 mm, frequent lightning, possible hail and gusts that may exceed 90 km/h.
  • Yellow storm alerts cover Rosario (30–65 mm and gusts near 70 km/h) and parts of Mendoza, San Luis, Córdoba, La Pampa and Santa Fe, while CABA is under a yellow alert from 15:00–20:59.
  • Southern Argentina holds yellow wind alerts in Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego for southwest winds of 40–60 km/h with gusts that could top 90 km/h.
  • Mexico’s Conagua forecasts mountain lows near −5°C in Chihuahua early Wednesday as a tropical wave and a low‑pressure channel drive heavy rains in the Yucatán and southeast, with a very strong Norte of 70–80 km/h in the Isthmus and Tehuantepec region.