Despite the early start to the 2024 hurricane season due to warm water temperatures, Mérida’s historical resilience is a reassuring factor. As an inland city in the northwest of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mérida is shielded from direct hurricane strikes. Tropical storms passing near the city are typically weakened because they travel over land. Though Mérida…
In just eight years, 3 billion cubic meters of water concessions have been granted in the Yucatán Peninsula. If this trend continues, available water resources will be overallocated within two years, potentially increasing human use and consumption costs, according to Alejandro López Tamayo, general director of Centinelas de Agua, or Water Sentinels in English. López…
Beryl wasn’t as damaging as advertised, but we’ll be ready for the next inevitable storm of hurricane season.
The Yucatán hurricane season is definitely on early. Depending on which computer model you believe, the Peninsula could be hit with the first of several hurricanes this weekend. While we keep an eye on Beryl, here’s a brief history to put this possibly rocky hurricane season in context. The Yucatán Peninsula has weathered its share…
Mérida has experienced a deluge of historic proportions. Meteorologist Juan Ernesto Vázquez Montalvo reported that Sunday’s rainfall was the second heaviest recorded in the city, surpassed only by Hurricane Isidoro in 2002. While not as prolonged, the rains were copious and lightning was frequent. According to Vázquez Montalvo, the northeast region of Mérida received 7.1…
The Yucatán Peninsula is experiencing a brutal heat wave that’s drawing attention to the region’s vulnerability to a changing climate.
The relatively early arrival of extreme heat to Yucatán has brought with it hundreds of fires, big and small.
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