Lack of sleet precipitation during winter worsens drought in Zacatecas, Mexico

Published 2022년 3월 24일

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Due to the lack of sleet in December and January, Zacatecas' rural sector has been severely impacted, leading to the destruction of embankments, watering holes, and small dams in the north-central region. The absence of rain has left no water for livestock and has dried out rangelands, forcing farmers and ranchers to sell their animals. In response, the National Commission for Arid Zones plans to implement the cloud bombardment technique, where molecules of silver iodide will be thrown from aircraft to promote rainfall across Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, and Zacatecas.

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ALFREDO VALADEZ RODRÍGUEZ, CORRESPONDENT. THE DAY. Authority schedules bombardment of clouds to promote rains in the north of the country. ZACATECAS, Zacatecas. The lack of sleet precipitation in the past months of December and January caused serious damage in the rural sector of Zacatecas, since its absence caused most of the embankments, watering holes and small dams in the north-central region of the entity to be destroyed. find no water for the herds of cattle, goats and sheep to drink, according to data from the state Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the National Water Commission (Conagua). The Conagua indicates that the rain cycle in the steppe climate of Zacatecas normally has two annual periods; one of them corresponds to winter, between the months of December and January. Then in the summer, it usually rains from June to September; both periods leave an average annual rainfall of 350 to 400 liters of water per square meter. However, last winter there was ...

Source: Inforural