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Heat Is Claiming Mexico’s Young People
Elderly people are at high risk from extreme heat. But in one of the fastest-warming countries in the Americas, the worst rates of heat deaths are hitting young adults and children.
By Humberto Basilio
In April, during an intense heat wave in the Mexican city of Monterrey, María de Jesús Ávila was leaving work when she spotted a man unconscious on the sidewalk outside a construction site. She rushed over to check if he was still breathing—but it was too late. Moments later, an ambulance arrived to carry his body away.