Rio de Janeiro records his hottest day in at least a decade – about 145 degrees warmer than the North Dakota Blogging Sole

Rio de Janeiro recorded his hottest day in at least a decade when temperatures on Monday reached 44 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit) – about 145 degrees warmer than Bismarck, North Dakota – while residents flocked to the Ocean to try to cool off.

It was the highest temperature since the Southeast Brazilian city began a climate alert system just over 10 years ago. The second highest was 43.8 ° C in November 2023.

City officials have issued an extreme heat alert for the coming days, set up hydration stations and prepared the public health system to manage an increase in heat -related cases.

Raquel Franco, chief meteorologist of the Rio alert system, said that the previous heat record for February in the city was 41.8 ° C, recorded in February 2023.

Without rain on the horizon, “we can have one of the driest February in history,” said Franco.

The mayor of Rio, Eduardo Paes, has excluded that the cancellation of the carnival festivities that accelerate in the coming weeks, but he recommended revelers to take precautions.

“We are expecting the hottest in recent years in recent years,” Rio Health Secretary in Rio said Daniel Soranz on Monday.

“In January, more than 3,000 people were treated in municipal emergency services due to intense heat”, especially for sunburns and dehydration, said Soranz, adding that it was more than double Figures observed in recent years.

There has been an increased concern about heat during public events in Brazil for a Taylor Swift Fan is dead During his Era Tour tour in Rio during the heat wave of November 2023.

In Copacabana, the porter Wilting Robson Oliveira stopped to take a photo of an electronic display showing the temperature at 39 ° C.

“This heat is unbearable,” he told AFP.

“I am not used to it. It’s time for a little rain to cool off.

The photo of the weather was resolutely different in the United States on Monday. The National Weather Service warned of “Ched motoy” While wind cooling fell at less than 50 fahrenheit in certain parts of Montana and less than 60 fahrenheit in certain parts of the North Dakota. The temperature in Bismarck, Dakota from the North, Monday reached a bottom less than 35 fahrenheit.

Agency France-Press contributed to this report.