Argentina melts in late-summer heat wave as records tumble

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By Miguel Lo Bianco

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/argentina-melts-late-summer-heat-wave-records-tumble-2023-03-03/?fbclid=IwAR0J4WsNXauRO5eGMP3YnHAcWVT_oW4TYtAgRpWoIQGRVND1qXdvlzsrtZw

Heat wave in Buenos Aires
A group of friends play basketball amid a heat wave, after the national meteorological service confirmed that it recorded the hottest summer in its history, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 2, 2023. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

BUENOS AIRES, March 3 (Reuters) – Argentina is being hit by a blistering late-summer heat wave, with many places setting record temperatures for March, while residents, tourists and crops swelter in the sun.

Some towns and cities have posted temperatures as high as 40 degrees Celsius (104°F), with Nueve de Julio and Ezeiza breaking records for the month. Buenos Aires itself hit 38 degrees Celsius, breaking a record previously set in 1952.

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“You can’t walk around, it’s too humid here. It’s tough,” said resident Gabriel Suarez.

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