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http://eleconomista.com.mx/estados/2011/02/04/piden-declaratoria-emergencia-sonora
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Add 5 dead from cold in Mexico
Three people die in Chihuahua because of the storm, Ciudad Juarez looks virtually paralyzed, with little traffic and no water or electricity in some of their areas
WINTER STORM icy wave caused power outages and suspension of classes in the North
Chihuahua | Friday February 4, 2011
EFE | El Universal
15:02
The death toll from a storm of cold which affects several states of Mexico increased to five, with three deaths in the last hours in Chihuahua state said Friday.
Due to the cold front from the Arctic, in the state of Chihuahua, which borders the U.S., three deaths were reported in addition to the two recorded in recent days in Tamaulipas.
In Chihuahua was found the body of an old man who died of hypothermia in a ruined house in the south of the city, said state Civil Protection spokesman, Carlos Gonz?lez.
In the municipality of Guadalupe y Calvo, located in the mountainous area of the state were also found another dead man, who allegedly slept outdoors.
The last death recorded was that of a man about 70 years old, who died of hypothermia in their home in the city of Delicias, south of the capital of Chihuahua, authorities said.
In Ciudad Ju?rez, the general director of Ecology and Civil Protection, Manuel de Santiago Moreno reported that such low temperatures were not recorded in that city since 1957.
The village has a virtual standstill, with little traffic and no water or electricity in some of their areas.
The power failure caused at least twenty wells that supply the city will not work, leaving some forty colonies of this city of 1.5 million people without service, according to the Municipal Board of Water and Sanitation.
Several government institutions, including the town hall, schools, airports and banks have remained closed for lack of electricity.
Also maquiladora industries, gas stations, restaurants, shops and businesses of all kinds were paralyzed by power outages.
In the malls and grocery stores was a shortage of staples such as tortillas and bread, while demand from bottled water and butane gas doubled average.
Most roads connecting the city with other cities have also been closed as a precaution and only the International Bridge leading to the U.S. El Paso (Texas) have remained open.
The National Weather Service (NWS) under the National Water Commission (Conagua) reported today that the minimum temperature in the last hours was 21 degrees below zero Temosachi in the state of Chihuahua.
Meteorologist Aram Nava told Efe that the snow had already resolved, but remains warned that winds of 70 mph and very low temperatures of minus 5 to minus 10 degrees in Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas, and frost .
For the next few hours is foreseen that the thermometer may fall in Chihuahua and Durango to extreme minimum minus 15 to minus 20 degrees.
In both states, classes are suspended for days, while also suffering the rigors of cold, although to a lesser extent the states of Zacatecas and Veracruz, with snow in the Pico de Orizaba, the highest in Mexico.
Tomorrow will be "cold or very cold temperatures, frost, cloudy and looking strong" in northern Mexico that could be extended to states in the Midwest, with stationary cold front in the southern Gulf of Mexico.
Sunday will be located in the Yucatan Peninsula, "favoring cloudy with moderate rain, before Sunday to reach the northern cold front, this time led by a continental air mass.
In response, the National Civil Protection System (Sinaproc) under the Ministry of Interior (Interior) recommends extreme caution and care recommendations to reduce risks.
Finally, the National Electricity Commission (CFE) reported that the cold snap, some power plants in northern Mexico have been affected, so the affected electric generating capacity is 6,792 megawatts (MW).
Spanish to English translation
Add 5 dead from cold in Mexico
Three people die in Chihuahua because of the storm, Ciudad Juarez looks virtually paralyzed, with little traffic and no water or electricity in some of their areas
WINTER STORM icy wave caused power outages and suspension of classes in the North
Chihuahua | Friday February 4, 2011
EFE | El Universal
15:02
The death toll from a storm of cold which affects several states of Mexico increased to five, with three deaths in the last hours in Chihuahua state said Friday.
Due to the cold front from the Arctic, in the state of Chihuahua, which borders the U.S., three deaths were reported in addition to the two recorded in recent days in Tamaulipas.
In Chihuahua was found the body of an old man who died of hypothermia in a ruined house in the south of the city, said state Civil Protection spokesman, Carlos Gonz?lez.
In the municipality of Guadalupe y Calvo, located in the mountainous area of the state were also found another dead man, who allegedly slept outdoors.
The last death recorded was that of a man about 70 years old, who died of hypothermia in their home in the city of Delicias, south of the capital of Chihuahua, authorities said.
In Ciudad Ju?rez, the general director of Ecology and Civil Protection, Manuel de Santiago Moreno reported that such low temperatures were not recorded in that city since 1957.
The village has a virtual standstill, with little traffic and no water or electricity in some of their areas.
The power failure caused at least twenty wells that supply the city will not work, leaving some forty colonies of this city of 1.5 million people without service, according to the Municipal Board of Water and Sanitation.
Several government institutions, including the town hall, schools, airports and banks have remained closed for lack of electricity.
Also maquiladora industries, gas stations, restaurants, shops and businesses of all kinds were paralyzed by power outages.
In the malls and grocery stores was a shortage of staples such as tortillas and bread, while demand from bottled water and butane gas doubled average.
Most roads connecting the city with other cities have also been closed as a precaution and only the International Bridge leading to the U.S. El Paso (Texas) have remained open.
The National Weather Service (NWS) under the National Water Commission (Conagua) reported today that the minimum temperature in the last hours was 21 degrees below zero Temosachi in the state of Chihuahua.
Meteorologist Aram Nava told Efe that the snow had already resolved, but remains warned that winds of 70 mph and very low temperatures of minus 5 to minus 10 degrees in Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas, and frost .
For the next few hours is foreseen that the thermometer may fall in Chihuahua and Durango to extreme minimum minus 15 to minus 20 degrees.
In both states, classes are suspended for days, while also suffering the rigors of cold, although to a lesser extent the states of Zacatecas and Veracruz, with snow in the Pico de Orizaba, the highest in Mexico.
Tomorrow will be "cold or very cold temperatures, frost, cloudy and looking strong" in northern Mexico that could be extended to states in the Midwest, with stationary cold front in the southern Gulf of Mexico.
Sunday will be located in the Yucatan Peninsula, "favoring cloudy with moderate rain, before Sunday to reach the northern cold front, this time led by a continental air mass.
In response, the National Civil Protection System (Sinaproc) under the Ministry of Interior (Interior) recommends extreme caution and care recommendations to reduce risks.
Finally, the National Electricity Commission (CFE) reported that the cold snap, some power plants in northern Mexico have been affected, so the affected electric generating capacity is 6,792 megawatts (MW).
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