South American countries gripped by record-breaking heat — in the middle of winter

An unprecedented winter heatwave is sweeping across a large chunk of South America, with temperatures forecast to exceed 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in southwestern Brazil in the coming days.

Personally I believe we have had weather modification technology for decades, which continues to improve. A weather warfare attack is indistinguishable from a natural weather event, for most of us.