BUENOS AIRES, April 1 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in the rainstorm, which began a week ago in eastern central Argentina, rose to 10 on Sunday after three people died in Rosario, in Santa Fe Province.

    Juan Navarro, 56, his wife Marta Martinez, 55, and their son Juan Carlos, 29, were killed when their car fell into a ravine covered by nearly two-meter water on Saturday.

    The family was reportedly traveling from Buenos Aires to Cordoba for the Easter Week vacations.

    The rainstorm has caused a total of seven deaths in Santa Fe province, the worst hit region in the rainy season with a 600-mm rainfall, the highest volume registered in 100 years. The other three victims were all in Entre Rios province.

    More than 60,000 people were evacuated, including 40,000 in Santa Fe, 20,000 in Entre Rios and 1,000 in Buenos Aires and Cordoba.

    Until now, around 60 places have been pounded by the rains, dozens of roads and paths were closed, and thousands of children were prevented from going to school. The rains also cut off electricity supply and destroyed a bridge and hundreds of houses.

    The Santa Fe production office said in a statement that milk is scarce due to the rainfall in more than 3.5 million-hectare fields of the region, which supply a third of the nation's milk.