The global heatwave continues, with its devastating death toll extending
over the affected areas. At least 249 people have lost their lives in
Mexico since March due to extreme heat, with the vast majority
attributable to heat stroke. The rest died from dehydration. In the last
month 12 states reported blackouts.
This came as a result of record temperatures, with some Mexican states topping 113 degrees Fahrenheit (45 degrees Celsius).
The heatwave is a result of the inability of the ruling elite to address capitalist-caused climate change, with the record-shattering heat signaling a tipping point entailing an acceleration in the number of climate-change-caused disasters. The worst effects of this are being borne by the working class, poor and elderly.
-- Chase Lawrence, "Hundreds of heat deaths across US Southwest and Mexico: A capitalist crime" (WSWS).
