Overview
- On Wednesday, Mendoza's education authority and Defensa Civil ran a province-wide simulacro that replaced the usual quake drill with an anegamiento scenario where students were told to stay inside, move to higher floors or desks, and staff cut power while a medical and aeroevacuation response was simulated.
- The DGE sent an operational instructive that tells school leaders to do preventive work before storms, including clearing drains and acequias, identifying low-lying risk zones, elevating electrical panels and school technology, and protecting irreplaceable records.
- Salta's Ministry of Education formalized Resolution N° 486/26 requiring every school to form an emergency committee and hold at least two evacuation drills per year to embed preparedness into school management.
- Mendoza's Dirección de Hidráulica launched a public tender for more than $385 million to clean and maintain cauces and aluvional systems to improve drainage and lower flood risk around schools and communities.
- Officials say the changes aim to keep children safer by avoiding dangerous outdoor evacuations, reduce unsafe family attempts to pick up students during floods, and give provinces tools to decide school closures or remote lessons case by case.