Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, hit by a heat wave, with a felt temperature of 62.3°C. “Avoid prolonged exposure to the sun.
Hydrate yourself! », warned Rio's municipal alert system on a record since this type of measure began in 2014. In the south of Brazil, on the contrary, it is rain that threatens, with extreme rainfall expected to continue this week. Experts attribute these extreme phenomena to climate change and the El Niño phenomenon which affects the southern cone of Latin America.