2024-05-25 11:01:00
(CNN Spanish) Mexican authorities have recorded 48 deaths and 956 heat-related accidents since March 17, with temperatures anticipated to exceed 45 levels Celsius in 17 states on Saturday, in line with knowledge from the Mexican Ministry of Well being.
The extraordinary warmth wave felt throughout Mexico between Might 12 and 21 has killed 22 folks, in line with the nation’s well being ministry’s weekly report on excessive temperatures.
Not less than 286 circumstances of heat-related well being issues have been additionally recorded up to now seven days, the report mentioned.
In keeping with the Ministry of Well being, warmth stroke is the commonest drawback, affecting 60% of sufferers. Greater than 80% of deaths are on account of heatstroke.
In keeping with Mexican authorities, Mexico is experiencing the third of 5 anticipated warmth waves all year long because of the affect of the pure phenomenon “El Niño”.
Essentially the most affected states are in central and southern Mexico: Tabasco, Veracruz and Tamaulipas.
On Might 21, Mexico’s Nationwide Meteorological Service said that “El Niño” is predicted to rework into “ENSO impartial” (a interval of common temperature) subsequent month.
“The World Meteorological Group says 2023 would be the hottest yr on file on account of human-caused local weather change and an intensification of the El Niño phenomenon,” the Mexican authorities mentioned in a March 19 report on the present warmth wave.
“El Niño occasions happen on common each two to seven years, with episodes lasting regarding 9 to 12 months,” he famous.
Mexico Metropolis temperature data
Mexico Metropolis broke a brand new temperature file this Friday: in line with knowledge shared by Conagua on its X social community account, the temperature in Mexico Metropolis reached 34.4 levels Celsius recorded by the Tacubaya Observatory.
The very best temperature file within the Mexican capital was set two weeks in the past on Might 9, when the observatory measured 34.3 levels Celsius.
Friday’s new file marks a major rise from the temperature recorded on Might 24 to historic ranges. So far, the most popular Might 24 since measurements have been taken was in 1996, when the temperature reached 32 levels Celsius.
Temperatures anticipated to exceed 45 levels Celsius in 17 states
Mexico is dealing with its third warmth wave. The Nationwide Climate Service predicts that temperatures will exceed 45 levels Celsius in 17 states throughout the nation on Saturday: Campeche, Coahuila, jap Chihuahua, Guerrero, Harry Scotia, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco , Tamaulipas, Veracruz and Yucatán.
In the meantime, temperatures in Mexico Metropolis are forecast to be between 30 and 35 levels Celsius.
The authorities reminded that within the face of excessive temperatures, it’s endorsed to take preventive measures, together with “avoiding extended publicity to photo voltaic radiation, sufficient hydration (and) paying particular consideration to sufferers with power illnesses, kids and the aged.”
With data supplied by Mia Alberti and Fidel Gutiérrez
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