{"id":497502,"date":"2026-01-12T21:49:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T01:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/one-dead-and-35-injured-by-a-six-meter-high-wave-on-a-beach-in-argentina\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T21:49:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T01:49:02","slug":"one-dead-and-35-injured-by-a-six-meter-high-wave-on-a-beach-in-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/one-dead-and-35-injured-by-a-six-meter-high-wave-on-a-beach-in-argentina\/","title":{"rendered":"One dead and 35 injured by a six-meter-high wave on a beach in Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Buenos Aires.<\/strong>&#8211; One person died and 35 people were injured after being swept away this Monday by a wave of between five and six meters that unexpectedly hit a beach in the town of <strong>Santa Clara del Mar,<\/strong> on the waters of the <strong>Atlantic,<\/strong> confirmed official sources.\n\nThe event was recorded in the afternoon, at a time when the beach was crowded with tourists, when a strong wave, according to witnesses, took people by surprise and dragged them away violently.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/Hombre mata a su esposa e hiere de gravedad a su hijastra tras discusi\u00f3n por partido de la NFL en Florida\">http:\/\/Man kills his wife and seriously injures his stepdaughter after discussion about NFL game in Florida<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nSources from the Ministry of Security of the province of Buenos Aires confirmed to EFE that a person died after being hit by the wave on the beach of Santa Clara del Mar, a tourist town located 386 kilometers south of the Argentine capital.\n\nLocal media reported that the fatality is a young tourist who hit rocks after being swept away by the waters.\n\n&#8220;There is a deceased person. The support teams from the Ministry of Security are already working with the family of this young man who lost his life,&#8221; said the director of Civil Defense of the province of Buenos Aires, Fabi\u00e1n Garc\u00eda, in statements to the C5N channel.\n\nDue to the phenomenon in the sea, the causes of which are still unknown, another 35 people were affected, although with minor injuries.\n\n&#8220;We have a person who had a cardiac problem, very possibly due to the stress of the event, who is under observation, out of danger. There are no other people hospitalized,&#8221; Garc\u00eda specified.\n\nThe beaches throughout the Mar Chiquita district &#8211; to which Santa Clara del Mar belongs &#8211; were evacuated as a precaution.\n\nIn the neighboring city of Mar del Plata (400 kilometers south of Buenos Aires), unusually large waves were also recorded.\n\nAccording to witness accounts, minutes before the onslaught of giant waves, the sea receded in an unusual way.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buenos Aires.&#8211; One person died and 35 people were injured after being swept away this Monday by a wave of between five and six meters that unexpectedly hit a beach in the town of Santa Clara del Mar, on the waters of the Atlantic, confirmed official sources. 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