Millions of Mexicans are currently suffering from an extreme heat wave – the third this year. Across the country, eight people have died from the high temperatures since mid-April.
With temperatures of 35 degrees in the center of the Mexico City metropolis, the air in the capital is currently more than stuffy due to the exhaust fumes. In Monterrey in the northeast, temperatures rise above 40 degrees Celsius. There, the water pressure in the pipes decreases and due to the high power consumption due to the use of air conditioning systems, power failures occur again and again.
In the state of Nuevo León, meanwhile, it has been ordered that children are only allowed to come to school for two hours a day, so that they are not so exposed to the heat.
Long heat waves due to climate change
Mexico, with its 126 million inhabitants, experiences heat waves every year. Experts attribute the fact that the heat wave has lasted so long to human-induced climate change.
Source: Krone
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