Overview
- Authorities confirmed a fatality in Santa Clara del Mar after a man was swept into rocks as the sea surged back onto the beach.
- Provincial Civil Defense reported about 35 people with minor injuries, one person in serious condition, and a separate heart attack during the incident.
- Witnesses described the sea receding in mid-afternoon before powerful waves advanced tens of meters, with some reports of heights near five meters.
- Lifeguards, police, and health teams conducted rescues and evacuated beaches across Santa Clara del Mar and Mar del Plata as a precaution.
- Meteorologists and Civil Defense characterized the event as an atmospheric meteotsunami or ‘spurious waves,’ noting current technology cannot reliably forecast their magnitude.