Argentina

Argentina is particularly vulnerable to natural disasters. Because of its large surface area and unique geography, the country is prone to desertification, flooding, drought, volcanic eruptions, heavy snowfalls, landslides, earthquakes, and tornados. The direct impact of climate change has been observed across the country in recent years. Slow and gradual changes such as increased precipitation and temperatures have been observed in many parts of the country. In addition, Argentina has also suffered numerous extreme climate events that have resulted in disasters. Argentina is experiencing one of the worst droughts in the past two decades, driven by a third consecutive year of La Niña. The dry conditions threaten to set back the planting of the country’s corn and soybean crops and damage the upcoming harvest of winter wheat.  In Argentina’s main corn-growing provinces of Buenos Aires, Cordoba, and Santa Fe, drought conditions have worsened over the past month , and are currently the...

Landslides are widespread in Argentina. The most catastrophic events have been described for mountain regions, which comprise one-third of the country, extending from the north to the southern border, involving mountains, ranges, tablelands, and sea cliffs. Argentina's landslide susceptibility is classified as high according to the information that is currently available. This means that this area has rainfall patterns, terrain slope, geology, soil, land cover, and earthquakes that make localized landslides a frequent hazard phenomenon.  Argentina experienced a landslide as recently as June 8th of this year. Heavy rainfall has been affecting the Rio Negro Province (central-southern Argentina) since 6 June, triggering a landslide that has resulted in casualties and damage. Media report, as of 8 June, one fatality, two people still missing and three injured people in San Carlos de Bariloche City (far south-west of the Rio Negro Province, near the border with Chile) due...