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With heat and no light - 40.1 degrees Feels Federal Capital

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The temperature reached 40.1 degrees and set a record for November

According to the Meteorological Service, "53 years" not reached that Capital level. The oppressive heat wave will continue tonight and tomorrow. Just start to change on Friday night. There are power outages and water in different parts of the City and Suburbs.

The chill came today to 40.1 degrees in Capital Federal, record high for November, under a heat wave will continue until tomorrow as planned and resulted in water shortages and power outages, with protests by local residents in both neighborhoods of the city and in suburban Buenos Aires.

"The heat wave will last at least until Friday night, but the situation will change on Saturday morning when a cold front will lower the temperature significantly, a phenomenon that may be accompanied by rainfall," dijoJorge Leguizamon shift diffuser National Weather Service (NWS).

The weatherman said the wind chill today in Buenos Aires recorded, 40.1 degrees at 16, is "record" November, as "53 years ago that are not recorded as high thermal marks" in the city.

Amid the heat wave was a proliferation of complaints from neighbors of the Federal Capital and Greater Buenos Aires by power outages, the concessionary companies recognized as "point", the result of increased consumption by the use of fans and air conditioners to alleviate the heat. The major drawbacks

lack of light were recorded in the neighborhoods of the city of Palermo, Barracks, Balvanera, Flowers and Forest, which came to denounce cuts up to 24 hours, and in the south and west of Buenos Aires.

In Cordoba the maximum temperature reached 40 degrees today, with records of up to 43 wind chill, the climate phenomenon that forced Provincial Power Company (EPEC) to perform outage "preventive" in neighborhoods of the capital. Since Tuesday

recorded problems in the electricity supply, mainly due to high demand from users and the best selling air conditioners.

The heat wave was curious situations, as the temperature was similar in Mar del Plata and Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego province, with records of 23 degrees.