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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | January 2008 
Deaths Reported in Mexico Cold Snap
 Mark Stevenson - Associated Press
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| | People walk along a snowy path in Chignahuapan in the northern highlands of the central Mexican state of Puebla January 2, 2008, after a cold front brought the first recorded snowfall in 25 years to the area. A cold weather front has brought sub-zero temperatures to much of central and northern Mexico. (Reuters/Stringer) |
Mexico City - A cold snap has brought freezing temperatures, unusual snows and heavy rains to Mexico and Central America, and authorities said the weather may be to blame for several deaths.
Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard said Thursday that the bodies of four people had been found on city streets since Wednesday, including one who died from pneumonia. Officials were investigating whether the other three deaths were also caused by the weather.
Another man was found dead of pneumonia in a vacant lot in Guadalajara.
Temperatures dropped to 23 degrees in central Puebla state, where residents woke to snow-covered mountains and authorities opened more than 100 shelters.
Snow is not uncommon at very high altitudes in Mexico during the winter, but this week's cold front brought frost and light snow to towns that normally don't see such weather. In the capital, residents accustomed to 80-degree afternoons bundled up in temperatures as low as 32.
The front also brought heavy rains, high winds and pounding waves to Central America. In Honduras, a 65-year-old woman drowned trying to cross a rain-swollen river, dozens were evacuated from flooded areas and two airports closed briefly.
In neighboring El Salvador, winds ripped the roofs off some buildings and forced emergency officials to set up temporary shelters for those left homeless.
Associated Press writers Freddy Cuevas in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and Diego Mendez in San Salvador, El Salvador, contributed to this report. |
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