Climatologist Leo de Benedictis warned that in the towns of 9 de Julio, Carlos Casares, Pehuajó, and Bolívar, "rainfall of between 40 and 60 millimeters is expected with peaks of up to 100 millimeters."
The situation is chaotic because the infrastructure, deteriorated, poorly maintained, or unfinished, is overwhelmed. In many regions, rural roads have ceased to exist, the wheat could not be harvested under even minimally acceptable conditions, the spring crops could not be planted either, and livestock had to be moved by herding through the water. There were also fatal accidents. Large parts of the affected regions have turned into lagoons.
"There are areas in these Buenos Aires districts that have accumulated 800/900 millimeters so far this year, and that is more than the historical annual average. With the aggravating factor that these excesses are occurring in the winter, when the climate is rather dry and when there are also low temperatures and little solar radiation, which limits evaporation," explained De Benedictis.