Record rains turn Argentina’s farm-filled Pampas plains to wetlands


Ducks swim in a flooded field due to heavy rains in 9 de Julio, Buenos Aires province, Argentina. — Photos: AFP

Parts of the Argentine Pampas, a vast expanse of flat grasslands, look more like wetlands these days following record rains, with local farmers warning of a “catastrophic” impact to their livelihoods.

An unusual downpour in March, followed by more rains since then, turned the usually temperate region’s rural roads into canals, drowned crops and left cows stranded, searching hopelessly for pasture in the mud.

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