57 towns in Jalisco are now severely affected by the drought, including the ZMG.
The return of the drought could affect the supply of drinking water to citizens. Photo: Archive.
Editors.- The Drought Monitor of the National Water Commission (Conagua), reported that Chapala and Jocotepec are among the 57 municipalities of Jalisco that face a «severe» drought level.
According to the agency’s update, 113 of Jalisco’s 125 municipalities have drought conditions ranging from «moderate» to «severe, which means that drought impacts are now felt throughout the state.
Together with the two Lakeside towns mentioned above, all the municipalities that make up the Guadalajara Metropolitan Zone (ZMG), as well as Colotlán, Mezquitic, Ameca, Tala, Lagos de Moreno and Tepatitlán, are the most affected by the situation.
The Conagua’s report detailed that during the last rainy season there was a lack of precipitation in the area of the Western Sierra Madre, as well as warmer than average temperatures in the West Central Region of the country, which contributed to an increase in the drought in Jalisco.
Twelve localities are classified as «abnormally dry» or without problems: Puerto Vallarta, Cabo Corrientes, Cihuatlán, Ayotlán, Cuautitlán de García Barragán, Degollado, Jesús María, Tolimán, Tonila, Tuxcacuesco, San Gabriel and Zapotitlán de Vadillo.
The National Meteorological Service noted that the hurricane season will begin on May 15 in the Pacific Ocean, while in the Atlantic Ocean it will begin on June 1. It is projected that rains will start to return to normal in the second half of June, with tropical waves, cyclones and high humidity.
Translated by Patrick O’Heffernan
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