The excessive temperatures in Mexico, which is at the moment experiencing its third warmth wave of the yrhave already brought on 61 deaths nationwide and 1,346 circumstances of warmth stroke in 2024 till the final week of Might, based on the Ministry of Well being (Ssa).
In its newest weekly epidemiological surveillance report, the company specified that, in week 21 alone, which covers Might 22 to twenty-eight, 390 circumstances related to excessive pure temperatures and 13 deaths have been reported nationwide.
Of the overall deaths reported, “six are attributed to the second warmth wave, which have been underneath evaluation throughout that interval, and three deaths are attributed to the third wave.”
The entities which have deaths are: Veracruz (16), Tabasco (11), San Luis Potosí (9), Tamaulipas (9), Oaxaca (4), Nuevo León (4), Hidalgo (4), Chiapas (1), Campeche (1), Guanajuato (1), and Sonora with one case, which corresponds to a world fatality of 4.52%.
As well as, he recalled that the third warmth wave of the season will proceed over the nation, with which temperatures larger than 40 levels are predicted in 27 states of the nation.
He specified that in Sinaloa, Michoacán, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Morelos, Veracruz and Tabasco, temperatures above 45 levels will prevail.
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Whereas Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Durango, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, Guanajuato, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Puebla, Campeche, Yucatán and Quintana Roo will attain most temperatures of 40 and 45 levels.
Likewise, the State of Mexico and Zacatecas can have most temperatures between 35 and 40 levels and Mexico Metropolis and Aguascalientes will attain between 30 and 35 levels.
Researchers from the Nationwide Autonomous College of Mexico (UNAM) warned per week in the past that the nation would expertise the very best temperatures in its historical past within the subsequent 15 days.
Solely Mexico Metropolis recorded its highest temperature in historical past on Saturday, Might 25, registering 34.7 levels, the fourth time this yr that it has damaged its file.
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The third warmth wave started simply days following the second, which occurred from Might 3 to 13 and left a minimum of 34 useless, along with 10 cities with temperature information, together with the Mexican capital.
The Mexican Authorities predicted a minimum of 5 warmth waves between March and July on April 16.
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