BUENOS AIRES (AFP) - Winter storms have violently struck several South American countries in recent days, leading to eight weather-related deaths in Argentina and Chile, thousands of dead farm animals in Peru and record below freezing temperatures in southern Brazil.
In Argentina, where temperatures reached minus 11 degrees Celsius (12 degrees F) in Tierra del Fuego, in the extreme south, six people died over the weekend.
One construction worker died of hypothermia and an elderly man was found dead in a park. Two couples, in separate incidents, were killed by gas poisoning when they left their stoves on to heat up their homes.
Heavy snow and rain in southern Peru left 53 people homeless and damaged thousands of houses.
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