Freak Tropical Snow
Snow isn’t unheard of in Brazil. In fact, in the High Plains in the southern part of the nation, it’s an annual occurrence. But this week, some regions that almost never see the white stuff were snowed in. In Bom Jesus, a municipality in the state of Piauí in the northeast part of the nation, snow fell on a landscape dotted with palm trees and dusty red cliffs that looks more desert-like than winter wonderland.
The intensity of this week’s snowfall, which piled up to one meter high in some places, was also a rare occurrence. These are the highest snowfall totals the nation has seen since a major blizzard in 1957.
