2023-11-19 00:16:20
Rio de Janeiro is experiencing a true hell at this time that not even the breeze from the Rio sea can calm down. The thermometers show a new record every day and this Saturday’s seems unreal: The thermal sensation reached 59.7 degrees Celsius and extraordinary measures had to be taken, such as the suspension of the show that Taylor Swift was going to give.
The news comes in the midst of a shocking heat wave that has been going on for several days. Concern turned into tragedy when it was learned that a 23-year-old spectator died on Friday night from a cardiac arrest caused by dehydration and high heat during the recital that the American singer Taylor Swift.
On Friday, Rio had registered a thermal sensation of 59.3°C in Guaratiba, in the western zone. The value was, until this morning, the highest index ever recorded in the municipality since the Río Alert system began measuring in 2014.
But as the hours passed this Saturday, that number was left behind.
The city of the eternal carnival is under a storm warning until 0 this Sunday, along with Sao Paulo, the entire central-west of the country and parts of Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais.
That is because the arrival of a cold front to the coast this Saturday is expected to cause storms, with wind gusts that can reach 100 km/h in the southeastern region, which is under alert.
Meanwhile, the Rio authorities are trying to determine what happened with the death of Ana Clara Benevides, a Psychology student from Mato Grosso do Sula and a fan of the American artist who died during the show.
The case shocked Brazil and the singer herself, who expressed condolences on social networks, to the point that the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had to intervene so that bottles of water were allowed to enter the shows and avoid other tragedies caused due to the extreme climatic phenomena that Brazil is experiencing.
According to the Globo network, More than 1,000 people fainted and had to be treated before and during the show as a result of heat and dehydration.
Inside the Nilton Santos stadium, in the Meier neighborhood, northern Rio de Janeiro, the glasses of water that were sold cost the equivalent of two dollars and were quickly sold out.
With this panorama, the singer Taylor Swift announced that she decided to cancel her concert scheduled for this Saturday due to “extreme temperatures.”
The letter that Taylor Swift shared to announce the suspension of the show due to high temperatures.
“I write this inside my dressing room at the stadium. The decision to cancel tonight’s show was due to the extreme temperatures in Rio. The safety and well-being of my fans, the artists on stage and my team must be be, and always will be, in the first place,” the singer reported on her social networks.
The suspension was announced when thousands of people had already entered the Nilson Nelson stadium, with capacity for about 60,000 people, and shortly after the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, reported that the concert scheduled for this Saturday will be held next Monday.
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