The province of mendoza is found in alertness due to the presence of zonda wind, which has generated a series of incidents this Friday. Fires, power outages and blown-up roofs have been reported as a result of the strong gusts of wind. In addition, unfortunately, there have been two deaths in traffic accidents related to adverse weather conditions.
The town of Godoy Cruz It was one of the most affected by the consequences of the Zonda wind, which caused various damages in the area.
A video shared on Twitter went viral on social media due to its visual impact. In the images, you can see how the Atlas circus tent is blown away by intense gusts of windcausing the canvas to break and completely dismantling the structure that supported it.
“Poor things, everything flew away, they can’t do anything”lamented Matías Pascualetti on Twitter, when sharing the video where you can see how the wind destroys the tent of the Circus Atlas in Godoy Cruz, Mendoza.
Mendoza, hit by the zonda: two people died from strong gusts of wind
During Friday, winds of enormous intensity were registered in a large part of Mendoza, and at times they exceeded 100 kilometers per hour.
Two deaths from strong gusts of wind
Among the consequences of the zonda in Mendoza, two people died this Friday, July 21 due to strong gusts of wind.
In the department of Las Heras, a newsstand was blown away by the wind and fell on a man, killing him. According to the provincial Ministry of Security, the fatal victim was identified as Felipe David Campos Paredes39 years old.
Due to the zonda wind in Mendoza, the Córdoba airport “was filled” with planes
Upon seeing what happened, a person who passed by the place called 911, but when the doctors arrived to assist him, Campos Paredes had already disappeared as a result of the blows from the sheet metal structure.
The other case of death was in the department of San Martín, and it occurred in a chain accident that occurred in the Chimbas de San Martín lane.
Due to the strong gusts and the earth that circulated in the area, visibility was evident and thus an accident involving eight vehicles occurred, which impacted one after the other.
