Yellow alerts for extreme temperatures due to cold: Perito Moreno registered -22.5 degrees

Due to the extreme cold temperatures, the National Meteorological Service issued yellow alerts in the city of Buenos Aires and in localities of 13 provinces in the north, center and south of the country. In the morning, the coldest city in the country was Perito Moreno, where a temperature of -22.5 was recorded, a mark with which the scale of the national agency was exceeded that to illustrate the thermal marks has made a map of the national territory with a reference scale ranging from -18 to 42 degrees. In Patagonia was also recorded -13 in Maquinchao, Río Negro, -11.7 in Paso de Indios, Chubut and -11.2 in the city of San Antonio Oeste.In addition, the SMN indicated that the yellow alert for cold included the city of Buenos Aires, and also for localities of Buenos Aires and Entre Ríos, Corrientes, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Córdoba, San Luis, La Pampa, Mendoza, Neuquén, Río Negro, Chubut and Santa Cruz.In turn, Tuesday is expected to be the coldest morning of the week with minimum temperatures of up to -5 ° C and frosts in sectors of the central strip. What does “yellow alerts” mean? The yellow level indicates a “mild to moderate effect on health” and temperatures “can be dangerous especially for risk groups, such as children, people over 65, with chronic diseases,” explained the SMN. The recommendations for these low temperatures indicated by the Ministry of Health are: avoid prolonged exposure to cold outdoors; bundle up with many layers of light clothing; and generate more body heat through movement (walking, standing and sitting, moving limbs, etc.).

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