At least three countries in South America have been dealing with a wave of polar cold in recent days. Several locations have woken up to near-zero temperatures for which the various agencies have issued warnings about the phenomenon.

Last Monday, Argentina felt the temperature drop at sunrise. Exactly, local media reported the death of a street resident in Villa Crespo and that he showed no signs of violence.

clarion He reported that the thermal sensation that day was almost three degrees Celsius in the city of Buenos Aires. The National Meteorological Service has detailed that the cold front will continue next Tuesday, half the country is in alert yellow, implying a mild to moderate effect on the body and warning that it could be dangerous for both at risk groups and those older than 65 years.

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In the case of Uruguay, the Rector of Climatology has also warned citizens of the arrival of the cold mass of polar origin that will have an impact until Wednesday, June 14, so that minimum temperatures can be between -1°C and 14°C.

“Although the minimum temperatures predicted for the coastal strip will be slightly outside the threshold, as very low thermal sensations will be generated (due to the combination with strong wind gusts), the cold wave warning is set for the whole year. territory,” was added.

While in Chile the low temperatures were felt in the metropolitan region of Santiago, the Meteorological Directorate of that country issued two warnings. The first in effect for Wednesday the 14th in which the cold front would hit the Valparaíso, Metropolitana and O’Higgins areas, so there would be normal to moderate frost and a chance of frost.

The second advisory was for the areas of Antofagasta, Tarapacá and Atacama regarding normal to moderate winds through Tuesday night.

In Mexico, on the other hand, the Meteorological Service indicated that the third heat wave is expected to prevail with a hot to extremely hot environment, allowing temperatures above 45° Celsius.

Affected areas are Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Baja California, Campeche, Chiapas, northeastern Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, western Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Veracruz and Yucatan

Other areas can reach 35 or 40 degrees. The population was advised to avoid exposure to solar radiation for a long time. Heavy rains with electric shocks and hail are also expected in the cities of Chiapas, Durango and Oaxaca.

The country has the presence of a high-level anticyclone in the atmosphere, which raises temperatures, as well as “low-pressure channels over the interior of the country and the Yucatan Peninsula, coupled with the intrusion of moisture from the Pacific and Gulf of Mexico and instability in high levels of the atmosphere that will produce rain,” it indicated.