In total there are 26 deaths due to extreme temperatures in the country, according to the latest report from the Federal Ministry of Health.
XALAPA, Ver.- Veracruz occupies first place in the nation in deaths due to extreme temperatures with ten deaths from heat stroke and dehydration, according to the latest report from the Federal Ministry of Health.
They are followed by Tabasco with four deaths, San Luis Potosí with four, Tamaulipas with three, Oaxaca with two, Chiapas with one, Nuevo León with 1 and Sonora with 1. In total there are 26 deaths due to extreme temperatures in the country.
The report details that in the state, three deaths due to heat stroke and dehydration occurred in the port of Veracruz, two in Poza Rica and others in the municipalities of Platón Sánchez, Sayula de Alemán, Cosamaloapan, Catemaco, and Martínez de la Tower.
Nine of these deaths are related to heat stroke and one to dehydration and occurred between May 7 and 12 in the second heat wave that crossed the country.
In addition, the state in the area of health effects, 74 accumulated cases due to heat stroke, 20 due to dehydration and three cases due to burns.
This Wednesday, the death of a 68-year-old farmer dedicated to cutting cane was reported in the municipality of Tres Valles, who collapsed due to heat stroke and when he fell he suffered a serious injury that caused his death.
According to the meteorological observatory of the National Water Commission (Conagua), in the first and second heat waves, at least four municipalities in Veracruz broke historical records for temperatures above 40 degrees for the month of May.
For example, the Port of Veracruz exceeded the temperature of 40.6 degrees that it reached 25 years ago. Other municipalities with record temperatures were San Juan Evangelista in the south with 43 degrees, Orizaba with 38.8 degrees and Xalapa with 36.6 degrees.
Added to the high temperatures is the lack of rain. The drought monitor of the National Water Commission reported on May 20 that Veracruz registered 179 municipalities with drought, of which more than 60% have an extreme, exceptional or severe drought.
Source: proceso
