People living in Chile's capital of Santiago suffered the coldest July since 1908, according to the University of Chile's Department of Geophysics.
The Santiago Times reports one in three capital residents have reported respiratory illness during the past few weeks due to the chill, which was accompanied by a record amount of frost at the depth of the southern winter.
Frost damage to avocados, oranges and lemons could reach as much as forty percent, according to the English-language daily.
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