Mexico’s Cold Weather Kills 37, Destroys Crops
Reuters
MEXICO CITY —
The bitter cold that has gripped northern Mexico for more than a week has killed at least 37 people and severely damaged crops, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry said Thursday.
Twenty-nine deaths were reported in the northern states of Coahuila, Tamaulipas and Chihuahua, where temperatures fell to 4 below zero, a ministry statement said.
The arctic cold also claimed eight lives in the eastern state of Veracruz and damaged corn, coffee, citrus, banana, potato and vanilla crops.
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