Mexico is scorched by a third heat wave of the year
STORY: :: Mexico City, Mexico
:: Mexico is scorched by a third heat wave of the year
:: Guanajuato, Mexico
:: Report says it will continue in most of Mexico,
with temperatures over 113F in 9 states
:: Eduardo Rodriguez, Maintenance worker
“Well, yes, it's a bit difficult, especially because we're under the sun all day. We have to do maintenance on the fountains, we have to cover ourselves, because you can only imagine what would happen if we don’t. We walk a bit, it's really hitting us, we sweat a lot, it's very hot.”
:: Alfonso Cortes, Archbishop of Leon
“Let's pray that the Lord will send to our state and to all human beings the gift of water. There is a deep relationship, we eat from the fields, the environment, the temperature, everything is related to our life and water.”
In Leon, in central Mexico, and archbishop and parishioners gathered on a sunny Sunday (May 12) at the empty El Palote dam to held a mass asking for rain, as the country is also facing a drought.
Mexico is facing a severe nationwide drought that has led to a worsening water crisis across much of the country, making water a key issue in the June general election.
