Rio de Janeiro records its hottest day in at least a decade – about 145 degrees warmer than northern Dakota
Rio de Janeiro recorded his hottest day in the least decade when temperatures reached 44 degrees Celsius on Monday (111 degrees Fahrenheit) – about 145 degrees warmer than Bismarck, North Dakota – as the inhabitants extinguished in the ocean to cool down.
It was the highest temperature since the southeastern Brazilian city launched the climate warning system just over 10 years ago. The second highest was 43.8 ° C in November 2023.
City officials issued a warning for extreme warmth for the coming days, set up hydration cells and prepared a public health system for resolving the increase in cases associated with heat.
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Raquel Franco, the main meteorologist of the warning system in Rio, said the previous thermal record for February in the city was 41.8C, recorded in February 2023.
Without rain on the horizon, “we may have one of the most modern February in history,” Franco said.
On Sunday, Mayor of Rio Eduardo Paes excluded the cancellation of the carnival festivities that are intensified over the coming weeks, but recommended that the revelars take precautions.
“We expect the warmest summer in recent years,” Health Minister Daniel Soranz said on Monday.
“In January, more than 3,000 people were treated in municipal emergency services because of intense heat,” especially because of the burns from the sun and dehydration, Soranz said, adding that this is more than twice the number of recent years.
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Enhanced concerns about the heat at public events in Brazil of a Died died Taylor Swift During the Era Tour concert in Rio during the heat wave in November 2023.
In Copacabani, Willing Dorman Robson Oliveira stopped to photograph an electronic screen showing a temperature at 39C.
“This warmth is unbearable,” he told AFP.
“I’m not used to it. It’s time to cool a little rain.”
The time image in the US -in the United States -was extremely different. National Meteorological Service warned about “Life Dangerous Cold” While the wind has fallen on the minus 50 Fahrenheit in parts of Montana and minus 60 fahrenheit in parts of the northern dakota. Temperature in Bismarck, North Dakota on Monday reached low from minus 35 Fahrenheit.
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE contributed to this report.
