It “boils” from the heat the Brazil. The national record high temperature was broken on Tuesday (14/11) in Rio de Janeiro as thermometers hit 58.5 degrees Celsius.
Much of Latin America’s largest country has been battered since the weekend by extreme heatwave. The National Institute of Meteorology (INMET) put 15 states, in the southeast, center-west and north of the country, as well as the capital, Brasilia, on maximum alert.
yesterday tuesday the Alerta Rio system recorded the highest temperature since it began to be systematically recorded in 2014: it reached 58.5°C.
The previous record high of 58°C was only recorded in February.
The nominal forecast for the temperature yesterday Tuesday was that it would reach 39° Celsius.
With thermometers reading 37.3°C, Brasilia for its part recorded the hottest temperature on record since records began in the federal capital in 1962, according to INMET.
“Things are unbearable with this heat” say the citizens
As for Latin America’s largest metropolis, Sao Paulo, it recorded the second highest temperature on record, 37.7° Celsiusone decimal place below the all-time record of 37.8°C, dating back to October 2014.
“For us who work on the road, things are unbearable in this heat. I try to arrive very early to leave” at noon, said Dora, 60, who sells her products on a city boulevard and wanted to give only her first name, according to the Athens News Agency.
The heat wave – temperatures are at least 5° Celsius above normal for the season – is expected to last until at least the day after tomorrow, Friday, according to INMET forecasts.
New records of energy consumption due to heat
The heat also leads to new energy consumption records. After breaking the 100,000 megawatt barrier for the first time in history on Monday, a new record of 101,400 megawatts was set on Tuesday, according to the country’s electricity system operator.
Due to El Nino, Brazil has been facing extreme phenomena for months: historic drought is affecting the Amazon and its tributaries on the one hand, while on the other hand heavy rains and cyclones are recorded in the south.
Drought has helped increase the range of fires in the Pantanal (west), home to the world’s largest wetland. Fires are mainly attributed to human activities.
Source: News Beast
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