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Newspaper La Jornada
Saturday, October 29, 2022, p. 8
The intense rains of recent weeks increased the availability of water in the dams for agricultural use by 60,833 cubic hectometers (each hectometer is equivalent to one billion liters), 88.3 percent more than in June, when conditions prevailed. drought, according to the Agrifood and Fisheries Information Service (SIAP).
Drought conditions eased after four tropical storms and hurricanes Orlene Y Roslyncategory 3. These cyclones caused extraordinary to heavy rains in the Mexican Pacific, mainly in Baja California, Jalisco, Sinaloa, Colima, Michoacán, Guerrero and Oaxaca.
Even the La Boca dam, in Nuevo León, reduced its drought to 15 percent. In the Gulf of Mexico, tropical storm karl caused rains in Chiapas, Veracruz and Tabasco.
According to the SIAP, while as of June 30 the water levels in the irrigation dams were 32,293 cubic hectometres, by September 30 they recovered to 60,833 cubic hectometres.
Of the dams, 121 are above 50 percent; 11 between 20 and 50 percent, and six with levels below 20 percent of their capacity.
The dams with the most liquid are Luis Laureano León, Chihuahua and La Calera, Guerrero, both with 100 percent, while Cuauhtémoc, Sonora and Copándaro, Michoacán have the lowest percentages with less than 15.
