SOUTHERN CONE WEATHER UPDATE: 100's Dead, Thousands Of Cattle Lost In Polar Cold Wave.

M.PRESS/    The death toll is growing from a  severe polar cold snap in the Southern Cone.
In southern Brasil and Paraguay thousands of cattle died and in Chile an agriculture emergency was declared. In Buenos Aires, dozens of regional flights were cancelled and the number of dead there from hypothermia is now 12 with another 33 dead from carbon monoxide poisoning. Bolivia has reported 18 deaths because of freezing temperatures and in southern Brasil at least 19 homeless people died of hypothermia. But Peru has the worst number of deaths, 104 so far.