Ducks froze to death in ponds. Sheep were stuck in piles of snow. Military personnel transported food to affected areas for people and livestock. 'This is an unusual phenomenon,' said Raul Cordero, a climatologist at the University of Santiago de Chile. But, said Cordero, this was not the first of the season and 'may not be the last.'
The unusual weakness of the Antarctic polar vortex increases the likelihood of polar air masses escaping to inhabited areas in the southern hemisphere. The cold wave in July 2024 was the second time in three months that had happened in the region.
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