After the United States, Mexico is also facing an exceptional cold snap
Migrants try to warm up against the cold wave hitting North America after spending the night outside, at the border between the United States and Mexico, in El Paso, near Texas, on December 22, 2022 © John Moore/Getty Images via AFP
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The cold spell in the United States is spreading to Mexico, where unusual temperatures of up to -15°C are expected.
The mountainous regions in the north of the country are mainly affected, as well as central Mexico, where exceptional snowfall has been observed.
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With our correspondent in Mexico
,
Emmanuelle Steels
An absolutely “
atypical
” cold snap.
This is how Mexico qualifies the abnormally low temperatures which petrifies the north and center of the country, up to the capital.
The polar cold that has hit the United States
in recent days is
spreading to its southern neighbor, which is much less well prepared to face these extreme conditions.
In the mountainous areas located in the east of Mexico City, snow fell, an extremely rare occurrence.
But if temperatures hover around zero at night, the sun warms the atmosphere during the day.
The north of the country is even worse off: -15°C to -10°C, icy gusts and a storm announced this Wednesday, December 28.
Reportan caída de nieve en las zonas altas del sur de la CDMX.
pic.twitter.com/XWD8ZC7xnQ
— Alertas Urbanas AU ⚠️ (@alertasurbanas) December 26, 2022
Migrants very hard hit
The majority of Mexican homes do not have heating, but authorities are also concerned about
migrants camping near the border
with the United States.
Despite the cold, these groups from Central America and Venezuela are determined to stay and try to warm themselves around improvised fires.
For several weeks, they have been waiting to submit an asylum application on the other side of the barriers, an increasingly uncertain prospect.
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