Mexico ends 2022 with drought

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Post published:December 30, 2022
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The dangerous increase that the advance of drought in Mexico especially in the north of the national territory, led to an emergency alert by CONAGUA this 2022.

According to the Drought Monitor of Mexico, the year 2022 closes with practically the 50 percent of the national territory affected by lack of rain and runoff.

According to the most recent data from the report prepared by the National Meteorological Service (SMN)only 50.80% of the country’s surface does not have problems due to dry season, in contrast to the remaining 49.20%.

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It is expected that in 2023, the drought problem will continue

The Report establishes that as of December 15, the Mexican Republic was influenced by a high pressure system in the middle levels of the atmosphere, which favored clear skies and above-average temperatures in the north, northwest, and west, which caused the Areas with abnormally dry conditions (D0) will increase in Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sinaloa, Durango, Nuevo León, Zacatecas, Jalisco, Michoacán, State of Mexico, Puebla, Oaxaca, Chiapas and Campeche.

Similarly, an increase in moderate drought (D1) was observed in the north, west, center, and south. While the severe drought (D2) grew in Michoacán and Oaxaca”, he highlighted.

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The Drought Monitor of Mexico at the end of 2022 establishes that 34.33% of the national territory is abnormally dry (D0); 12.91% have moderate drought (D1); 1.81% present severe drought (D2); 0.15% extreme drought (D3) and 0.00% with exceptional drought (D4) in a year where there was no rain.

As we have mentioned in other informative notes of The Truth News, drought is a transient anomaly characterized by a temporary scarcity of water, compared to the normal supply, in a given period of time (a season, a year, or several years). Drought is recurring from the climate and depends on the supply and demand of society and the environment.