Sunday morning in Mérida looked more like the beginning of a foggy day in San Francisco, or mid-century London. Drivers, especially to the north, has their headlights on as they pushed through the neblina or niebla, as it’s called here. Not that every morning in Yucatán is clear blue skies. But foggy mornings here are…

Coming from agricultural areas of the Sahara, the powder contains a high concentration of fungus, viruses, and bacteria. Its most common effects include sneezing, eye irritation.

As the rainy season begins to near, meteorology experts warn that Yucatán could be headed for another very wet year.  Last year, a series of intense storms delivered record-breaking levels of precipitation to Yucatán, which resulted in damage to homes, businesses, and public infrastructure.  Yucatan’s rainy season officially begins May 27 and ends Oct. 18….

Family members from Solidaridad, Quintana Roo, were treated for burns when lightning struck a palapa that was sheltering them from a storm. Six visitors, including three minors, came to El Cuyo, in Tizimín, for a beach trip, despite the bad weather. Presumably, when the afternoon rains began, they attempted to stay dry under a palapa….

If Yucatan were surrounded by mountains, we’d be called Mexico’s Death Valley, because that’s how hot it’s gotten. Maximum temperatures will continue ​​between 40-45 C / 104-111F, but as humidity increases this week and breezes stall out, it will feel more like 50C / 122F, if you can imagine it. Some isolated rains are also…

A massive shelf cloud took Merida by surprise when it loomed over the city on Thursday.