"Winter is disappearing": South America hit by "brutal" unseasonal heatwave

Now should be South America’s bleak midwinter, but several parts of the continent are experiencing an extraordinary unseasonal heatwave that scientists believe offers a disturbing glimpse of a future of extreme weather. Argentina’s riverside capital, Buenos Aires, this week recorded its hottest 1 August in 117 years. Cindy Fernández, a weather bureau spokesperson, said her country was facing “a year of extreme heat”. “Winter temperatures are way off the scale – not only in the central region where Buenos Aires is but also in the northern regions bordering Bolivia and Paraguay where temperatures reached between 37°C (98.6℉) and 39°C (102.2℉) this week.”

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brutal 野蛮的

bleak 萧瑟的；荒凉的

continent 洲；大陆

glimpse 一瞥；瞥见

Argentina 阿根廷🇦🇷

bureau 办公处；书桌（来自法语，原意桌布，引申为办公室，后面表示政府的一个部门，中文的局，处）

bordering 边界的