Heat wave claims lives of at least 125 in Mexico this year, hitting country’s most vulnerable

Heat wave claims lives of at least 125 in Mexico this year, hitting country's most vulnerable

When the nursing home in southern Mexico began to bake in the country’s ongoing heat wave, staff cycled their elderly residents through the few cooling options they had.

Heatwave claims at least 125 lives in Mexico this year

More than 2,300 people have suffered heat stroke, dehydration and sunburns.

Heat wave claims lives of at least 125 in Mexico this year, hitting country's most vulnerable

When the nursing home in southern Mexico began to bake in the country's ongoing heatwave, staff cycled their elderly residents through the few cooling options they had.

Heat wave claims lives of at least 125 in Mexico this year, hitting country's most vulnerable

By FÉLIX MÁRQUEZ and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s healthy ministry as tallied at least 125 heat-related deaths this year. More than 2,300 more have suffered heat stroke, dehydration and sunburns. The heat has hit the elderly, laborers and migrants hard, underscoring the disproportionate effects climate change and rising global temperatures are having on some of the world’s most vulnerable. Victims in Veracruz …

Heat wave claims lives of at least 125 in Mexico this year, hitting country's most vulnerable

Mexico's healthy ministry as tallied at least 125 heat-related deaths this year. More than 2,300 more have suffered heat stroke, dehydration and sunburns.