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(2 years ago)Ten cities in Mexico, including the capital, registered record high temperatures, authorities said on Friday, amid a hot wave that has caused problems throughout the country. According to foreign media, it records Telegrafi, in the normally high - altitude capital of Mexico City, North America's largest metropolis, [...]
Ten cities in Mexico, including the capital, registered record high temperatures, authorities said on Friday, amid a hot wave that has caused problems throughout the country.
According to foreign media, Telegrafi, in Mexico City's normally high - altitude capital, North America's largest metropolis, the thermometers on Thursday peaked at 34.3 degrees Celsius (93.7 degrees Fahrenheit above the record just a month ago.
The neighboring Puebla broke its previous record of 34.3 C ) settled in 1947 when it reached 35.2 C on Thursday.
Thus, the intense heat caused <x0 outage” for several hours in some areas of Mexico this week, mainly in the north, and caused the lesson to be suspended in the central state of San Luis Potos, which arrived this week at 50 degrees Celsius.
In a weekly report published Thursday, Mexico's health ministry reported seven heat-related deaths this heat season between its start on 17 March and 4 May, a number that could grow after this week's brutal heat.
Climate change caused by humans and El Nino has increased temperatures worldwide and caused deadly heat waves.
The heat wave comes amid a serious nationwide drought that has caused a deteriorating water crisis in much of Mexico, making water a key issue in the June general elections.
