00:00in Salta, precisely in the Salteña locality of Orcones.
00:05A freight train, there we are seeing some images,
00:08which is partially suspended in the air
00:11after this railway bridge collapsed.
00:14Thank God there are no injured because it was a freight train and it was only...
00:18The image is shocking.
00:19Of course, it is shocking because it is a precipice below this bridge.
00:24There we also see the state of how the bridge was.
00:28But really, this incident occurs around noon yesterday,
00:32kilometer 953 of the connecting route Rosario de la Frontera with Metan.
00:38This formation belongs to Argentine freight trains.
00:42It is made up of the locomotive and what we see are 13 empty wagons.
00:48The locomotive hangs from this bridge that collapses
00:52and is supported by the wagons that remain on the ground.
00:58I'm going to ask Mimí if there is a climate issue
01:01that could have influenced this, Miriam.
01:05Could there have been a collapse there? What happened?
01:08You were talking about rains, right?
01:10The last days, the last 48, 72 hours,
01:13extremely intense rains were recorded in the city of Metan.
01:18Metan is approximately 150 kilometers to the south of the city of Salta,
01:24in the capital city, and recorded intense rains.
01:27In fact, strong floods were recorded,
01:30and these heavy rains caused, of course,
01:33the loosening of the earth in general terms.
01:37Of course, this produces slush, this produces slush,
01:41and all this is evidently manifested also there,
01:44under the railways, which are supported by fairly solid earth pillars.
01:50Well, the intense rainfall that has been occurring in recent hours
01:54has made this possible.
01:57This is one of the causes, at least, right?
01:59Yes, it is true, because what is being studied
02:02is that these rains would have flattened the support of the bridge,
02:06and this would be one of the causes that would cause this collapse.
02:09Let me greet Alejandro Echart, who is a colleague who is there in the area,
02:13who is a colleague of the newspaper El Vocero de Salta.
02:16Alejandro, Facundo Pastor greets you.
02:18How are you? How are you? Surprised with the image?
02:21How are you, Facundo? Thank you very much for communicating.
02:25Yes, the truth is that a complex situation,
02:28yesterday's day, so that we can locate ourselves geographically.
02:33Orcones is an area that is located more or less
02:36about 150, 160 kilometers south of Salta capital.
02:42Here in that place there is a small train station
02:45and about 15 houses, more or less, all scattered,
02:48a place that is not very inhabited.
02:51And there was a work being carried out
02:54that had been paralyzed in the framework of all the works
02:58that had been left without being able to advance
03:01from the suspension that was made of the public works
03:05with the assumption of the new government.
03:08This work corresponds to the roads,
03:12the renovation of the roads between Metan and Rosario de la Frontera.
03:15In that place there was something inconclusive
03:18that had been sustained with something precarious during this time.
03:23And as you explained, last weekend in Metan
03:27we had some rainfall out of the ordinary, out of the normal.
03:32It rained on the last weekend
03:35about 200 millimeters, which caused floods,
03:38which even caused a person to lose his life
03:41when he had left the hill area to be able to practice some sport.
03:45The body was found lifeless by police personnel
03:48from the province who had gone out to look for him.
03:51And this, added to the fact that there were floods
03:54in different sectors due to the amount of water,
03:57this obviously led to the collapse of the bases
04:00of the place where the train passed.
04:03This formation, which had started from Metan
04:06to Tucumán, had left very early
04:09and, unfortunately, this situation occurred
04:12which, thank God, did not go any further and there were no injuries.
04:15Of course, there are no injuries, right?
04:17We are going to reiterate that, Alejandro, tell us a little bit.
04:20And they are also working, because there was information
04:23that there was a crane working to rescue, above all, the cargo wagons.
04:26Is that so?
04:28That's right.
04:30Machinery had started from Tucumán to be able to work in the place.
04:34But it is very complicated because the ground is very vulnerable.
04:38That is, there is a lot of humidity.
04:41After so many rainfall, it is very difficult
04:44that heavy machinery can settle on the base of the ground
04:48to be able to work in the place.
04:50So, since yesterday, Argentine train people are still working
04:53to try to remove this machine.
04:56It is 10 meters to the void.
04:58If it fell, it was going to fall 10 meters approximately.
05:01And, obviously, the consequences for the people
05:04who were going to go in that locomotive were going to be unthinkable.
05:08But, thank God, as we just said, it did not go any further.
05:11They are now working in the place.
05:14A convoy had left from Tucumán at 7 a.m. yesterday
05:18with different machinery to be able to assist, to be able to work.
05:22And, well, it was expected to be able to solve it
05:25in the course of today's day,
05:27if the weather conditions allow it.
05:30Well, one sees the images, Alejandro,
05:33and there were no injuries or major consequences.
05:37It's a miracle, right?
05:38It's a miracle, yes, yes.
05:40It's a miracle, it's a miracle.
05:42It was held with the tips, let's say, of the ground.
05:47That is, it was literally in the air, that locomotive.
05:51The images speak for themselves.
05:53And for you to have dimension,
05:56the tracks that followed the locomotive
05:59are buried in the mud, that is, they are inward.
06:02Ah, of course, of course.
06:04So, one way or another, if it continued to travel,
06:08well, it was going to suffer some kind of...
06:11Of course, it was no longer in the precipice,
06:13but it was not going to be able to move forward,
06:15because everything was clearly denied.
06:17Yes, yes, yes, that's right.
06:19The company that was working just to resume the works
06:24now in recent times,
06:26but they had been able to move forward last year
06:28with some resources they had,
06:30that had released trains.
06:32Argentina had managed to move forward
06:34with the work, with some sewers,
06:37with some minor infrastructure,
06:38but the bulk of the work could not yet be finished
06:42to be able to allow the total renovation of the tracks
06:45between, at least, Metan and Rosario de Alba.
06:47Good.
06:48Alejandro, a big hug and thanks for these minutes.
06:52No, please, a big hug.
06:55On the way to noon, we open the window
06:57to see how the city of Buenos Aires is.
06:59Extreme heat, Miriam said,
07:01that will be experienced in Argentina
07:03until even next Monday
07:05with, Miriam, 37 degrees?
07:07Yes, that's what awaits us next Monday.
07:1037 degrees of temperature here in the city of Buenos Aires.
07:13The weekend is also very warm.
07:15On Saturday, 33 degrees is what is expected.
07:17And on Sunday, a maximum of 35.
07:21Tomorrow we will have a maximum of 31 degrees
07:24here in the city of Buenos Aires.
07:27Yellow alert, yellow alert for eight Argentine provinces,
07:31including much of the province of Buenos Aires
07:34and, of course, also the federal capital
07:36and the city of La Plata.
07:38What does the yellow alert imply?
07:40Well, you have to take precautions.
07:42Go out with light clothes, light clothes, loose clothes.
07:45Try to wear a head cover.
07:47A sunscreen is very welcome
07:49if you are going to be outdoors
07:51between eleven and a half in the morning
07:53and three and a half in the afternoon.
07:56Keep in mind that you must also hydrate.
07:59This is also a very good advice.
08:01And consult your doctor
08:03in the face of any physical indisposition
08:05you feel related to the heat stroke.
08:08Do not perform extenuating tasks
08:11and try to stay in cool places as much as possible.
08:15These are the recommendations
08:17that are given under this type of alert.
08:20Meteorological alert then for heat wave.
08:23The affected provinces, as I told you,
08:25a large part of the province of Buenos Aires,
08:27also the province of La Pampa,
08:29the province of Mendoza,
08:31which will record high temperatures.
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