Tornado in Argentina's Santiago del Estero Province

[MetSul Meteorologia]

A tornado leveled a small village in northern Argentina Friday night (Jauneau 26th). Local residents described an intense sound that lasted around a minute. Damage was reported in a 500 meter (180 feet aprox.) wide area that extended for 4 kilometers (2 miles aprox.) in small village of Asco in the Province of Santiago del Estero. No one died but damages mounted to properties in this very impoverished region of northern Argentina.

Some pictures available at our Tornado World blog:

http://www.metsul.com/blog/?cod_blog=3

Local news report (in Spanish):

http://www.cadena3.com.ar/noticias_ampliada.asp?mas=90242

Last December another tornado brought damage to Santiago del Estero. Pictures and video (Portuguese and Spanish) available at:

http://www.metsul.com/secoes/visualiza.php...p;cod_texto=410

Santiago del Estero is located in the South America's Tornado Alley.

Alexandre

[pottyprof]

Interesting read there..

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