Mexico is struggling amid record-high temperatures and a severe drought. Water is being trucked into service hospitals and essential services.
85% of the country will experience high temps of 40 C (104 F) this week.
1/3 of the country will reach 45C (113 F) or more.
40% of dams are below 20% capacity.
Another 40% are between 20–50% capacity.
Power blackouts are occurring due to insufficient water to run hydroelectric power generators.
By May 9th, nine cities in Mexico had set temperature records (Ciudad clocked out at 47 C (117 F))
In protest of “intolerable” working conditions and lack of water in their barracks, the police themselves manned a protest blockade and blocked traffic.
Meanwhile, in other species, a large number of Howler Monkeys were found dead or dying from dehydration after literally falling out of the trees “like apples” in the Gulf Coast state of Tabasco1.
A local biologist attributed the deaths to a combination of factors including high temps, drought, forest fires and logging of their shade and food trees. ↩︎