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Red alert due to the heat wave in AMBA: the maximum in the City would reach 39 degrees

2024-02-02T11:10:35.761Z

Highlights: Red alert due to the heat wave in AMBA: the maximum in the City would reach 39 degrees. The National Meteorological Service warned it for this Friday, February 2. In the middle of another exhausting day, thousands of users are still without electricity. Yesterday, the record demand for electrical energy was surpassed, with 29,029 MW, according to the wholesale administrator CAMMESA (Company Administrator of the Wholesale Electricity Market) and there was a peak of 59 users without service.


The National Meteorological Service warned it for this Friday, February 2. There are 21 provinces on alert due to extreme temperatures. In the middle of another exhausting day, thousands of users are still without electricity.


The heat wave does not subside and for this Friday one of the most stifling days of the summer is expected in the AMBA.

The City and Conurnabo are under red alert due to extreme temperatures and

a maximum of 39 degrees is expected

.

Meanwhile, thousands of users are still without electricity after a new record in electricity consumption was reached yesterday.

According to data from the National Meteorological Service, this Friday the City of Buenos Aires and surrounding areas will have somewhat to partially cloudy skies.

The minimum temperature was forecast at 27 degrees

and the maximum at 39

, the highest for these days of intense heat.

The red level of the extreme temperature alert indicates that heat can have a "high to extreme health effect."

According to the SMN, these temperatures are "very dangerous" and "can affect all people, even healthy ones."

In the midst of this situation, thousands of neighbors remain without electricity in the AMBA.

According to ENRE data, at 7:30 a.m.

there were 15 thousand users affected by the supply cut

(8 thousand from Edesur and 7 thousand from Edenor).

Yesterday, the record demand for electrical energy was surpassed, with 29,029 MW, according to the wholesale administrator CAMMESA (Company Administrator of the Wholesale Electricity Market) and there was a peak of 59 users without service.

What does the weather have in store for us in the coming days?

More heat

.

The SMN anticipates for this Saturday a day with somewhat to partially cloudy skies and a temperature that will be between 26 degrees minimum and (again)

39 maximum

.

Meanwhile, on Sunday the sky will be somewhat cloudy and a drop in temperature is expected, with a minimum that will be 22 degrees and a maximum of 30.

High temperatures affect a large part of the country.

This Friday, only the southern region of Patagonia (Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego) did not have current alerts for heat.

In the rest of the country, there were warnings of red, orange and yellow levels.

News in development

Source: clarin

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