Alert for extreme heat in 20 provinces: Buenos Aires is at red level and they warn about the risk to health. The highest peaks are expected in the south of Buenos Aires, San Juan, Mendoza, San Luis and Neuquén.

The red level alert indicates that temperatures can have a "high to extreme effect" on health and be "very dangerous" affecting "all people, even healthy ones," according to the meteorological agency's description. The day on Tuesday started in the Federal Capital with slightly cloudy skies and northeast winds rotating north.