Extreme heat orange alert in AMBA and 15 provinces

Extreme heat orange alert in AMBA and 15 provinces

February 3, 2025 – 08:20

The National Meteorological Service reported that temperatures can be dangerous, especially for risk groups, such as boys and girls, people over 65, with chronic diseases.

He Extreme heat will continue in some areas during the beginning of 2025, and that is why National Meteorological Service (SMN) I kept new for this Monday alerts by high temperatures For different districts.

In this way, the Yellow alert in the city of Buenos Aires and the Conurbano, and in areas of the center, and southwest of the province of Buenos Aires. Also in areas of Entre Ríos, Corrientes, Misiones, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Santiago del Estero, Chaco, Formosa, Tucumán, Salta, Catamarca, La Rioja, San Juan, San Luis and Mendoza.

In regions of Mendoza, the notice rose to red alert. In regions of San Juan, Catamarca, San Luis, Córdoba and Buenos Aires, to Orange Alert.

What does each extreme heat alert level imply

Yellow alert:

The alert of Yellow level establishes a slight to moderate health effect, according to the SMN system.

Implies, in this case, that Temperatures can be dangerousespecially for risk groups, such as boys and girls, people over 65, with chronic diseases.

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They recommend increasing water consumption without waiting to be thirsty to maintain adequate hydration.

They recommend increasing water consumption without waiting to be thirsty to maintain adequate hydration.

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Orange alert:

This notice implies A moderate to high effect on healthhence Temperatures can be very dangerousespecially for risk groups.

Red alert:

The warning of Red level means that heat can have a high to extreme effect on health. In this case, temperatures are very dangerous, And they can affect all people, even healthy.

SMN recommendations against extreme temperatures

Recommendations for this type of event are indicated by the Ministry of Health.

  • Increase water consumption without waiting to be thirsty to maintain adequate hydration.
  • Do not expose yourself to the sun in excess, nor in central hours of the day (between 10 and 4 pm).
  • Pay attention to babies, boys and girls and the elderly.
  • Avoid caffeine drinks, with alcohol or very sugary.
  • Avoid very abundant meals.
  • Ingest vegetables and fruits.
  • Reduce physical activity.
  • Wear light, baggy clothes and light colors; Hat, dark glasses.
  • Remain in ventilated or conditioned spaces.
  • Remember that there is no pharmacological treatment against heat stroke and only classical methods, cited above, can prevent and counteract it.

What is an event of extreme temperatures

An extreme temperature event is a period in which they are expected to register Maximum and minimal temperature values ​​that people’s health can endanger. After conducting a series of interdisciplinary studies in Argentina, it was found that there were certain threshold values ​​of temperatures from which the morbidity and mortality of people increased.

Source: Ambito

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