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- 1 2 Nodal. "Inside the Hour and a Half in which "Everything was Submerged", and Why Cosse and the Opposition Came to Blows Once Again".
- ↑ Infobae. "Floods: Floating Cars and Containers Surf Through Montevideo's Streets".
- ↑ "Uruguay: Montevideo Awakes to a Flood".
- ↑ Telam. "Floods in Montevideo Leave 10.000 Without Power".
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