Mexico heat wave triggers ‘exceptional’ power outages, President says
Mexico City Reuters Widespread recent power outages in Mexico were caused by unseasonably hot weather, the country’s President said on Wednesday, assuring consumers that the national grid has sufficient generating capacity going forward. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told reporters at a regular government press conference that his government will also coordinate with private power […]
Mexico City residents protest “unprecedented” water shortages
Mexico City Reuters Frustrated Mexico City residents have been protesting weeks of water shortages, with officials warning of “unprecedented” low levels in a main system that supplies millions of people. The bustling metro area of 21 million people – one of Latin America’s largest cities – is struggling after years of low rainfall blamed on […]
Postcards: Mexico City’s thirst for water lays bare inequalities, changing climate
BRENDAN O’BOYLE, HENRY ROMERO and CARLOS CARRILLO, of Reuters, report from Mexico…
Mexico declares drought in northern state of Nuevo Leon matter of “national security”
Monterrey, MexicoReuters Mexico declared the water shortage in the northern state of Nuevo Leon a matter of “national security” on Friday as the region, home to Mexico’s industrial capital, has been crippled by a worsening drought in recent months. Buckets are refilled with water by residents as a water truck distributes it outside houses at […]
Dams, taps running dry in northern Mexico amid historic water shortages
Monterrey, Mexico Reuters Her elderly neighbour is hard of hearing so Maria Luisa Robles, a convenience store worker in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, shouted the question a second time: Have you run out of water? She had – and it wasn’t just her. The taps across this working-class neighbourhood of Sierra Ventana dried […]