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A 23-year-old fan of US pop music star Taylor Swift died Friday night of a heart attack amid Rio de Janeiro's historic heat wave that is already casting doubts on next Tuesday's World Cup football playoffs clash between Brazil and Lionel Messi's reigning world champions Argentina at the iconic Maracana Stadium.
Many American downtowns are struggling. Cities should look to their neglected waterfronts to rebuild.
Wind-chill temperatures in Rio de Janeiro reached 58°C Saturday before a storm broke out, leaving eight people missing following a shipwreck off Guanabara Bay. It was the highest temperature since 2009 when wind-chill measurements started to be taken. By Sunday the temperature dropped to 41.1 °C amid a strong storm. The boat capsized at sea off Paquetá Island in the middle of the storm.
Áreas de instabilidade sobre a Região Sudeste e a alta disponibilidade de umidade deixam tempo instável na cidade. A partir da próxima quarta-feira, não há mais previsão de chuva
Sistema de alta pressão sobre o oceano influência o tempo na cidade do Rio