Major updates.

It’s official, red alerts have gone out across the entire country of Brazil as the heat index hits 137F. The high temperature combined with humidity has made it impossible for most people to carry out their normal lives. There’s already reports of power outages. People can’t work. They can’t run errands. They can barely sleep. It’s not even summer there yet.

    • swope@kbin.social
      13·
      1 year ago

      A lot of Brazil is in the tropics, so no, not winter kinda latitudes.

      But Brazil also extends to something like 33° South, where winter starts in June.

    • Linnce@beehaw.org
      3·
      1 year ago

      Winter in Brazil if from june to september, but honestly though it feels like there is one or two weeks of cold and the rest is just as hot as any day. I remember a year where I didn’t wear long sleeved shirts or coats at all.