(16 Nov 2023)
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 15 November 2023
1. Aerial of Ipanema beach flocked with people and sun umbrellas ++MUTE++
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 15 November 2023
2. Ipanema beach flocked with people and sun umbrellas
3. People in the water
4. Various of Ipanema beach
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 15 November 2023
5. Aerial of people in the water ++MUTE++
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 15 November 2023
6. João Nicolas with his girlfriend at the beach
7. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) João Nicolas, 19-year-old beachgoer:
“It's been an unexpected summer. That heatwave started this week, so we took advantage of the holiday and went to the beach to enjoy it.”
8. Arpoador beach flocked with people and sun umbrellas
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 15 November 2023
9. Aerial of Arpoador beach flocked with people and sun umbrellas ++MUTE++
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 16 November 2023
10. Arpoador beach
11. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Bruno Cruz, 44-year-old, beachgoer:
“Especially for me who exercises outdoors, when you get extremely hot, you always have to be hydrated because you lose a lot of fluid, and you have to come at the most convenient times, not in the very sunny hours.”
12. Various of people cooling of in a water fountain at Madureira Park
STORYLINE:
It’s still spring in Brazil, but a heat wave is sweeping across large swathes of the country, packing Rio de Janeiro’s beach.
Most Brazilian states face “great danger” from the heat, according to the National Institute of Meteorology, Inmet.
The institution issued a red alert for the center-west, southeast and parts of the north warning of “a high probability of major damage and accidents, with risks to physical integrity or even human life.”
The heat index — a combination of temperature and humidity — hit 58.5 degrees Celsius (137 Fahrenheit) Tuesday morning in Rio, the highest index ever recorded there.
Actual temperatures dropped slightly on Wednesday, but were forecast to rise again to 40 degrees Celsius (104 F) on Thursday.
Extreme heat can affect breathing, kidneys, and the heart, with the very young and elderly particularly at risk.
Temperatures across South America are affected by the climate phenomenon El Niño, a periodic naturally occurring event that warms surface waters in the Equatorial Pacific region, but this year, ocean temperature rose extremely quickly in a couple of months, according to Inmet.
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