‘Winter is disappearing’: South America hit by ‘brutal’ unseasonal heatwave
by Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro, Uki Goñi in Bueno from World news | The Guardian on (#6DHGT)
Buenos Aires records hottest start to August in 117 years, Chile sees highs towards 40C and Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil also bake
Now should be South America's bleak midwinter, but several parts of the continent are experiencing an extraordinary unseasonal heatwave that scientists believe offers a disturbing glimpse of a future of extreme weather.
Argentina's riverside capital, Buenos Aires, this week recorded its hottest 1 August in 117 years.
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