Mexico's health ministry has tallied at least 125 heat-related deaths this year.
When the nursing home in southern Mexico began to bake in the country’s ongoing heat wave, staff cycled their elderly residents through the few cooling options they had. First, some would sit in front of fans buzzing in the sweltering heat of Veracruz. Then they’d be moved in front of the building’s few treasured air conditioning units. Then it was back to the record-breaking temperatures roiling the Veracruz state.
On Sunday, Mendoza stood in front of a group of elderly women in rocking chairs, many with their heads nodding downward because of the heat, which was hardly pierced by a set of fans rotating in front of them. “We’re going to drink a bit of water. Sounds good?” she said. “Those are my girls.” The heat has had cascading effects across Mexico. Howler monkeys and tropical birds have dropped dead from trees in southern Mexico.
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