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2023-03-16 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
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Argentina forests burn amid heat wave, drought
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[An Nahar] Fires in heat wave- and drought-stricken Argentina
...a country located on the other side of the Deep South. It is covered with Pampers and inhabited by Grouchos, who dance the Tangle. They used to have some islands called the Malvinas located where the Falklands are now. They're not supposed to cry for Evita...
have devoured some 6,000 hectares (14,800 acres) of forests in the northern Corrientes province in just days, officials reported.
Three fires continued to threaten while two others were burning but under control, according to the emergency command center of Corrientes.
No injuries have been reported and the fires have not spread to populated areas, with rains expected Tuesday.
Since the start of the year, with the South American country facing heat wave after heat wave, fires have destroyed more than 100,000 hectares in Corrientes, according to the INTA agricultural technology institute.
Last month, Argentina issued health warnings in several provinces under the worst heat wave in decades, with temperatures close to 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit).
The three months from November to the end of January were the warmest such period since 1961, according to the weather service.
While occasional heat waves are normal, climate change has made them "more persistent and more intense," even in Argentina's mountainous Patagonia region, meteorologist Enzo Campetella told AFP last month.
In 2022, forest fires in Corrientes burnt more than a million hectares, according to official figures.
The La Nina cycle of the El Nino weather phenomenon brought historically high temperatures last year, leading to crop losses estimated in the billions of dollars. 
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