Eight dead due to the heat wave since mid-April

by time news

2023-06-17 11:50:05

Temperatures no longer drop Mexico. Since mid-April, a heat wave has hit the country, and has already caused at least eight deaths, the government announced. Of the eight victims, seven succumbed to heat stroke and one to dehydration between April 14 and June 12, he said. Three people died in the state of Veracruz (East), two in that of Quintana Roo (Southeast), two in the State of Sonora (North) and one in that of Oaxaca (South).

A Mexico, the temperature reached a record high of 35 degrees Celsius this week. In the center of the capital, the air is stuffy due to the crush and gas emissions from road traffic and businesses. In Monterrey, in the northeast, temperatures exceed 40°C. In this prosperous city, which suffered from a drought historic last year, water pressure decreased in homes and increased use of electricity for air conditioning led to power outages.

The government of the state of Nuevo Leon, where Monterrey is located, has arranged for children to attend semi-face-to-face lessons and only go to school for two hours a day, in order to avoid being exposed to the sun.

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