MEXICO CITY - Mexico City, one of the world’s largest with over 21 million residents, is facing the potential of running out of water. The densely populated metropolis has been suffering from drought conditions for some time, and officials have warned of "unprecedented" low levels in the...
MexicoCity is one of the largest cities in the world, yet it is running out of water. It's a slow-motion disaster decades in the making, caused by a litany of issues including human-induced climate change. Residents are deeply concerned about ...
Running water, stove, refrigerator with freezer, bunks, a queen bed (I got the bed), toilet, TV and a shower. It ain't the Ritz Carlton, but it served us well for a week. The trailer we were in could sleep five, and that would be cramped. But there were only two of us. Edite...
of nothing more than wooden frames with walls made of cardboard and newspaper and a sheet-metal roof. As a family’s income gradually improves over the years, these less-durable materials are replaced by cinder blocks, concrete, metal frames, and windows. Running water, electricity, and paved...
“When people ask me who my ancestors were, I tell them I am the descendant of slaves,” he said. Even today, most Yaquis in Potam live in reed houses; only those wealthy enough to buy and operate small electric pumps have running water. While some still farm the surrounding fi...
Gulf of Mexico, partially landlocked body of water on the southeastern periphery of the North American continent. It is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the Straits of Florida, running between the peninsula of Florida and the island of Cuba, and to the
Mexico has fallen behind in the amount of water it must send north from its dams under a 1944 treaty, and time is running out to make up the shortfall by the Oct. 24 deadline. But farmers in the northern state of Chihuahua want the water for their own crops. ...
But development has been uneven and has taken a toll: As recently as the early 1980s, nearly a quarter of the city's almost three million inhabitants did not have running water in their homes. At the same time, heavy industry - especially steel, iron, chemical, and paper works - were ...
The buses had separate men’s and women’s toilets at the back, with real running water for washing hands (and paper towels too). Talk about service! First-class Mexico bus tickets include food and drinks. Before boarding our ETN buses, a uniformed attendant offered us sandwiches and our...
Tsunami Warning System recorded a tsunami up to 3 feet off the coast of Mexico and issued a tsunami threat for places as far as Ecuador and New Zealand, warning of waves as high as 10 feet. Almost 2 million homes initially lost electricity and running water after the earthquake, though ...