After what feels like 62 degrees: Storm causes deaths in Brazil - children also die. At least nine people are said to have died in a storm in southeastern Brazil on Friday (March 22) A felt temperature of 62.3 degrees was recorded in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, March 17th.
This represents the highest value measured since such measurements began in 2014. The ongoing heat wave has been causing record temperatures for weeks. A two-year-old child died as a result of the extreme heat.