Snow in July Kills
75,000 Farm Animals in Peru
Peru (HDW) September 11, 2004 -
As winter settled over the Southern Hemisphere,
South America was been lashed with snow, heavy rain and intense
cold, starting in late June 2004. In southern Peru, heavy snow collapsed
hundreds of homes and buildings, and killed over 75,000 farm animals.
The country struggled to provide emergency provisions to people
in the poverty-stricken region, many of whom were treated for cold-related
illnesses such as pneumonia. In many mountain regions, the temperature
plummeted to -20 Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit). The cold weather also
caused deaths in Argentina and Chile. Unusually cold temperatures,
down to -7 Celsius (19.4 Fahrenheit), chilled southern Brazil. (full
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