In South America, the anomalous cold...

Unusually cold weather that has affected many countries in South America, have caused the death of 22 people and created a chain of unusual events: the snow in Chile's Atacama Desert, sleet on the Argentine stadiums, which is currently being Cup South American Cup - ' Copa America '.
Ten people froze to death in Paraguay - a country most affected by the current cold. In Uruguay, died six people in Argentina and Brazil have died from the cold anomalies in three. Most of the victims lived on the street or suffocated by carbon monoxide gas for heating homes.
In Chile, the most affected regions of Arica, Tarapaca and Antofagasta, located a thousand kilometers north of Santiago. There were snow and torrential rains, which affected approximately 3.5 thousand. According to the Minister of Defence of Bolivia Sessilii Chacon, the temperature in the mountainous regions of the Andes down to minus 20 degrees, and this is a record low temperatures in the department of Potosi ( Bolivia, South ) for the last 9 years.

In the south and south- eastern Brazil temperatures fell in the last two weeks to zero degrees. On Monday in the mountains of the state of Santa Catarina there were 6.2 degrees below zero ' with the thermal sensation of minus 27 degrees due to strong winds ', reported in the Centre National Weather Forecast Institute for Space Studies.