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Extreme Heat Is Already Straining the Mexican Power Grid
Climate change is making scorching temperatures more common in the country, which last week surpassed the peak energy demand of 2022.
By Gina Jiménez
When Raquel Rubio’s 13-month-old baby developed a 102 fever last week, she rushed to the doctor. Her son, Liam, had been in Rubio’s apartment without air conditioning for several hours; Nuevo León, the Mexican state where she lives, had reached 109 degrees that day. The fever in the region could easily be driving her son’s temperature.
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