Bahía Blanca enfrenta una grave crisis tras intensas lluvias que causaron inundaciones devastadoras. El Gobierno Nacional, liderado por el Ministro del Interior Guillermo Franco, ha anunciado la entrega de 10 mil millones de pesos para apoyar la recuperación. Aviones Hércules han transportado ayuda humanitaria, incluyendo colchones y frazadas. Sin embargo, las pérdidas económicas ascienden a 400 mil millones de pesos, afectando tanto al sector público como privado. La falta de infraestructura adecuada y un sistema de alertas ineficiente agravan la situación. Se destaca la necesidad urgente de obras preventivas y un sistema de alertas más efectivo para evitar futuras tragedias.
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00:00...sanitary from the national government, I would tell you, since Friday, there are a series of important announcements from the government.
00:07First, it was Luz Caputo who warned that they will be sending around 10 billion pesos through negotiations that Guillermo Franco carried out, especially as Minister of the Interior.
00:20This is a turn, right?
00:21Exactly, it is very little, obviously, but it is the beginning.
00:24We are clear, right?
00:25It is clear, it is understood that it is the beginning and that we will also have to see how it is the exchange between provinces, between nations, how it is the disbursement of funds and how they will assist Bahía Blanca.
00:37And then there is everything that has to do with humanitarian assistance, directly with the government sending planes, the Hercules.
00:45Yesterday there was, yes.
00:47Exactly, there we have the images, Luis Petri communicating that help that arrived in two different flights, with mattresses, with blankets.
00:57We see the images of, well, in some way to be able to deal with what is happening.
01:02This has it stocked, right? I imagine, because I don't know if you have production today.
01:07How did you stop making such a claim?
01:10Yes.
01:11This should be stocked in the petroleum ministry.
01:13It should be stocked.
01:14It should be stocked and I think it has to come from that side, from human capital.
01:19But hey, these are the first answers to a tragedy.
01:23I insist, it seems to me that politics for a while forgot about politics.
01:29It seems that it is what they have to do.
01:31And they are working in a coordinated way between the nation and the province of Buenos Aires and clearly also the municipality of Bahía Blanca.
01:38And in this case we show what is the assistance that has arrived in the Hercules.
01:46And then everything that has to do with this solidarity arm that is also unfolding through the clubs, which is what Valeria was telling before.
01:54A way to somehow alleviate or begin to alleviate the situation.
01:59The same is what Antonio says.
02:01We are far from reaching that estimate of 400 billion pesos that the municipality of Bahía Blanca can demand.
02:08Yes, and on top of that, those 400 billion pesos are a first assessment of what happened.
02:14And they are above all about the impact on public infrastructure.
02:17There is another big face of economic losses, which is the private sector.
02:21The PYMES, the amount of machinery that was lost, electrical installations that were lost.
02:27And obviously all that, doors to the inside.
02:30Only today are they going to start opening many shops, to start accounting for the losses.
02:35No, it's a chain of losses.
02:37Everywhere.
02:39All the cars you see, then you have all the insurers that have to go out to put the money.
02:42It's a chain of losses.
02:44Well, the number of cars is another very important point.
02:48And about what you were saying about the help, it is also very important that the bandit arrives.
02:52Because there are few shops open with cleaning products.
02:56You don't have water, which is why the issue of water is fundamental.
03:00And the issue of central washing.
03:03And another important point, Antonio, that you highlighted a lot,
03:06is that the cars that are still circulating in the affected areas,
03:09they do it very slowly, because sometimes many houses are re-flooded.
03:12Yes, and in addition, the real state of the pavement is not yet known.
03:19Many roads and streets ended up browning and sinking.
03:24And in fact, there are places where they let a car circulate at a time,
03:29because, you see, the edges began to rot.
03:35So you have to be very careful.
03:37Well, it is that these 400 billion pesos do not include infrastructure works,
03:41which then have to be done.
03:43I don't know if to prevent this from ever happening again,
03:46the truth is that 300 millimeters in 8 hours,
03:48I don't know if there are infrastructure works that can do it.
03:51400 billion pesos to rebuild and to cover the damage.
03:54To start moving, to start moving everything.
03:56Of course, to prevent, to avoid.
03:59Then you have the works that have to be millionaires too.
04:02Another important point, due to the lack of connectivity,
04:05there are many people who do not have cash.
04:07Also the payment methods are getting complicated.
04:09So you have digital wallets, but there are many people disconnected.
04:13So that's another point, beyond the fact that most businesses are devastated.
04:17Then the cleaning products ...
04:19No, and then you have to start getting what we said,
04:21a line of subsidized credits in rates, because here you have no other alternative.
04:25The important thing is also ...
04:26Because you have to go out and buy everything.
04:28They gave you all the appliances.
04:29Absolutely everything.
04:30All the furniture, the appliances, everything has to be from scratch.
04:32The important thing is also the rest of the municipalities,
04:35the locality, the province of Buenos Aires, the city of Buenos Aires, whatever.
04:38Also be looking at the example of Bahía Blanca,
04:41that one day it can happen to you, it can happen to you.
04:43But also in terms of ...
04:44And start doing works.
04:45Start doing works.
04:46Doing works.
04:47And then the alert system.
04:48They have to start ...
04:49Argentina has to start organizing a much more efficient alert system,
04:53because the meteorological service was telling what was going to happen.
04:57They told it to you, it was in the alert system.
05:00Now, you notice that the agency made a very smart decision,
05:05which obviously, at first glance, was short, but it was very ...
05:09They suspended the classes.
05:10So the alert was there.
05:13But obviously not ...
05:15That everyone has it on their cell phone, regardless of the company you have.
05:18Fundamental.
05:19Fundamental.
05:20It has to appear on the screen, even on the screen without blocking the cell phone.
05:23We don't suggest you don't go out.
05:24No.
05:25Don't go out.
05:26I mean, you have to show up,
05:27there has to be a different alert system,
05:29at least to learn from now on.
05:31And then what you say, works, right?
05:33Works.
05:34And I insist, today it's up to Bahía Blanca.
05:36I hope this never happens again.
05:38But it can happen to anyone, to any municipality, to any locality.
05:42And I don't know if they are prepared, clearly.
05:44Because today ...
05:45And no.
05:46It seems that ...
05:47You are talking about a rich area.
05:49It seems that only Bahía Blanca is not prepared.
05:51And we are talking about a rich area of a super important city.