Overview
- The emergency operations center began functioning on Saturday in 9 de Julio after Bullrich met with the mayors of General Viamonte, Carlos Casares and Bragado, as well as producer groups.
- National resources include AFE coordination, Vialidad machinery, Defense support with engineering teams, and federal forces with all‑terrain vehicles to clear drains, reinforce crossings and reopen access.
- More than 2 million hectares are under water in the Salado basin, with 162,474 hectares affected in 9 de Julio and rural groups estimating roughly US$2 billion in local losses.
- Producers report halted planting, impassable roads and stressed livestock, with accounts of detours of tens of kilometers, animals moved on foot to higher ground and at least one rural school evacuation.
- A political dispute over unfinished Salado master‑plan works persists, as Buenos Aires Province blames a halt in national payments for paralyzed Stage 4.2 and the national government insists the province must execute the works while federal aid proceeds.