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12 people killed, thousands evacuated in Argentine flooding

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A man rows a dinghy through flood waters in Idiazabal, Argentina, Thursday, March 5, 2015. Flooding throughout four Argentine provinces have forced thousands of people to flee their homes. In the small town of Idiazabal, in the Cordoba province, residents continue to wade through fully submerged streets that have been under water for over one week. While rains stopped on Thursday and are not expected to return over the coming days, floodwaters have not subsided. (AP Photo/Nico Aguilera) (The Associated Press)

A woman walks in knee-high flood waters in Idiazabal, Argentina, Thursday, March 5, 2015. Flooding throughout four Argentine provinces have forced thousands of people to flee their homes. In the small town of Idiazabal, in the Cordoba province, residents continue to wade through fully submerged streets that have been under water for over one week. While rains stopped on Thursday and are not expected to return over the coming days, floodwaters have not subsided. (AP Photo/Nico Aguilera) (The Associated Press)

A man walks in knee-high flood waters in Idiazabal, Argentina, Thursday, March 5, 2015. Flooding throughout four Argentine provinces have forced thousands of people to flee their homes. In the small town of Idiazabal, in the Cordoba province, residents continue to wade through fully submerged streets that have been under water for over one week. While rains stopped on Thursday and are not expected to return over the coming days, floodwaters have not subsided. (AP Photo/Nico Aguilera) (The Associated Press)

Argentine officials say that flooding from heavy rains has left 12 people dead.

Swollen rivers in the past weeks have also forced the evacuation of thousands of people.

The civil defense agency of the northern province of Cordoba said Friday that 10 victims were found there.

A total of 1,434 people have been evacuated in Cordoba, where it rained as much in the past few weeks as all of last year. Those evacuees include all 1,000 people in the town of Idiazabal, which is completely flooded.

The state news agency Telam also reported that two victims died in the province of Santiago del Estero, some 700 miles (1,150 kilometers) north of Buenos Aires. About 3,000 people have so far been evacuated in that province.