Bárbara Tapia Cortés, from the World Meteorological Organization, explains how El Niño and global warming are affecting the region. Between January 21 and 25, a heat wave in central southern Chile and Argentina, as well as in central Colombia.

In Santiago de Chile, for example, with 36.7°C, the third highest temperature recorded in 112 years was reached. In Colombia, where the Government declared a natural disaster situation due to forest fires, several municipalities also reached temperatures above average.