Reuters: Winter heat wave sends Peruvians flocking to beach

[Blues Heron]

1. I wonder if this was written by AI

Lima is 12 degrees south of the equator. The avg. high temps in Lima swing between 82 in the summer and 72 in the `dead of winter` (WTF?)

Lima is nowhere near the `southern tip of the Americas` (WTF?)

Globally, July was the hottest month ever recorded, while the beginning of August has brought shockingly high temperatures to the southern tip of the Americas at a time when the region is usually in the dead of winter.