Cold Unusual intense, even for the “heart” of the winter of the southern hemisphere, scans her Argentina. At least nine people, mostly homeless people, lost their lives.
The severe cold is historically lowered low temperatures in Argentinacausing the deaths of at least nine people in the state of Latin America, as the number of homeless people has increased dramatically, according to a non -governmental organization.
The wave of the cold became heavier than the beginning of the week, with the thermometers showing – 19 ° C. Buenos Aires: This is the lowest temperature recorded in the last 34 years, according to the Argentine meteorological service.
In the wider area of the capital, they were recorded –7.4 ° C. In El Palomar, the lowest temperature for 58 years and the second lower than 1935.
Beaches in the Atlantic, such as Miramar, 450 kilometers from Buenos Aires, were covered with snow at the beginning of the week, which had been happening for 12 years.
The city recorded the lowest temperature was Makintzao, a small community of 3,000 inhabitants in Patagonia, 1,400 kilometers south of the capital, where thermometers range from June 30 am between them –12 ° Celsius and of their –18 ° Celsius. Away, however, from the record of –35 ° C.back to 1991.
“There are now more families on the street, moms, grandparents, children”
Non -Governmental Organization Specializing in Assistance to Homeless “Project 7”he said that nine people have been killed because of the cold exposure throughout the country in the last ten days, since the start of the winter of the southern hemisphere, a number that authorities have not confirmed – no overall official report has been made public.
The NGO has referred to cases covered by local media in provinces in recent weeks. A 60 -year -old woman was found dead in a parking lot at Mar Del Plata in southern Argentina and a man on a bench in Paranoia In the north.
“There are now more street families, moms, grandparents, more children,” El Destape told the radio station AbilaCoordinator of “Proyecto 7”, stressing that last year was “fatal and destructive” for many, due to the combination of job losses and ending rent control. He ruled that The economic policy of extreme liberal president, Javier Miley played a big role in the phenomenon..
According to the most recent official numbers available for the Buenos Airesabout 4,050 people lived in November 2024 on the road in the capital, a number increased by 23% compared to November 2023.