Overview
- The national weather service forecasts a high chance of showers and storms on Christmas Eve and Day, with probabilities up to 70% and wind gusts exceeding 50 km/h in the Buenos Aires region.
- Rosario remains under a yellow alert for locally strong storms featuring frequent lightning, occasional hail, heavy downpours in short periods, and gusts that may reach 80 km/h.
- Córdoba’s 2016 ordinance No. 12,468 bans the manufacture, sale, storage, and use of fireworks, and the city has intensified street controls with municipal guards, provincial police, and inspection officials.
- Residents in Córdoba are urged to report illegal fireworks sales by calling 103 as authorities step up preventive operations for the holidays.
- Holiday services in Córdoba run on special schedules, with buses operating on reduced frequencies and no residential garbage collection on Dec. 25, while retailers report a gradual pickup in spending led by sports and toy purchases and an average ticket near 200,000 pesos.