Rio -de -Zaneiro recorded its hottest day at least ten years when the temperature on Monday reached 44 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit) – approximately 145 degrees warmer than Bismarck, Northern Dakota – when residents flowed into the ocean to try cool.
It was the highest temperature since the southeastern Brazilian city created a climate alert a little over 10 years ago. In November 2023, the second place was 43.8 ° C.
The city authorities have warned about strong heat in the coming days, created hydration stations and prepared a public health system to cope with the heat -related cases.
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Rakel Franco, the chief meteorologist of the Rio announcement system, said the previous heat record in February was 41.8 ° C, recorded in February 2023.
Not having rain on the horizon, “we can have one of the most dry in February,” Franco said.
Mayor Rio Eduardo Paes eliminated the abolition of the carnival celebrations that were increasing over the coming weeks, but he recommended that the precautions be taken by the players.
“We expect the hottest summer in recent years,” said health minister Rio Daniel Saranz on Monday.
“In January, more than 3,000 people were treated in municipal ambulances with intense heat,” especially for sunburn and dehydration, Saranz said, adding that it was more than twice as much as he had observed in recent years.
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Since time in Brazil has been increased by the warmth at public events Taylor Swift Fan died During the EROS Tour concert in Rio during the thermal wave in November 2023.
In Copacabana, the sale of Switzer Robson Oliveira stopped to photograph an electronic display that shows a 39C temperature.
“This is unbearable,” he said AFP.
“I'm not used to it. It's time to have a little rain cool.”
On Monday, the US, obviously, was clearly different in the US. The National Weather Service has warned “Life is cold” As the wind dropped to minus 50 Fahrenheit in the Montana and minus 60 Fahrenheit in the Northern Dakota areas. Temperature in Bismarck, Northern Dakota on Monday reached the low minus 35 Fahrenheit.
Agence France-Presse contributed to this report.