Statement of urgency for Tamaulipas

Due to the presence of a heat wave, the Ministry of the Interior Thursday issued an extraordinary emergency declaration for municipalities in 24 states of the country, including six in Tamaulipas.

The National Coordination of Civil Protection of the Ministry of the Interior published Thursday an Extraordinary Declaration of Emergency.

Among the municipalities affected by this climatic situation are: Old Morelos, El Mante, Gómez Farías, Nuevo Morelos, Ocampo and Xicoténcatl, of the State of Tamaulipas, due to the presence of Onda Cálida occurred from July 23 to July 26, 2018.

Enlarged area with a thermal sensation of 40 ° C
[19659004] This Thursday in the Zona Conurbada the thermal sensation reached up to 40 degrees Celsius during the period of the heat wave this year, reported the civil protection.

The director in charge of the municipality of Tampico Eduardo Morales, acknowledged that At the temperature of 33 degrees, the thermal sensation due to the humidity rose to 40, a figure that was also published by the National Water Commission on its website.

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