BUENOS AIRES (AP) – Heavy rains that flooded a city on Argentina’s east coast in recent days have killed at least 16 people, officials said on Sunday.
Rescue teams were searching for dozens of others reported missing, including two girls and two adults. Authorities said they were swept away by floodwaters unleashed by rains that began pelting the city of Bahía Blanca on Friday. Crews have evacuated more than 1,450 people from the city located south of the capital of Buenos Aires.
Some 300 millimetres of rain have fallen in Bahía Blanca in recent days, when the historical monthly average is about 129 millimetres. No rain was forecast for the next 72 hours.
