After September rains, several municipalities in the Mexican state of Sonora are no longer experiencing drought
At one point over the summer, all 72 municipalities in Sonora were recording extreme or exceptional drought, according to Mexico’s national tracking system.
As of late September, the drought had cleared in 21 of those municipalities. September showers in some parts of Sonora filled rivers and refreshed some of the state’s reservoirs. But most of Sonora’s municipalities are still experiencing drought, including the capital, Hermosillo.
The city continues to suffer from overall low rainfall. Leaders are grappling with how to quench the thirst of a growing population at a time when climate change makes that rainfall less reliable.
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