The Mexican government declared a emergency in 21 municipalities in
the northern state of Chihuahua due to heavy snow and a cold wave blamed
for six deaths there.
Federal officials said that the measure, which was requested by the
Chihuahua government, will allow authorities to access resources within
the national emergency fund to cover food, clothing and health care
needs among the affected population.
Salvador Echavarria Campos, a meteorologist with Chihuahua’s UEPC
civil defense agency, said that the lowest temperature registered
Thursday morning was minus 11 C (12 F) in the municipality of Bocoyna,
in the state’s mountainous region.
On Tuesday, UEPC director Luis Lujan Peña confirmed that the snow had
cut off some 150 communities in the Sierra Tarahumara mountains.
So far, official figures are that six people have died in Chihuahua
and two others in the western state of Michoacan from causes linked to
the low temperatures.
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