Nicolás Maduro asks Venezuelans to prepare for times of “climate emergency”

The President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduroasked Venezuelans this Friday to prepare for times of “climate emergency”, after the report by the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (Inameh) of high temperatures in a large part of the national territory.

“Capitalism has destroyed the planet, capitalism has destroyed the ecological balance (…) now come the downpours (rain), the droughts, the heat, the enormous cold, everything extreme, the extreme temperature, We are in times of climate emergency and Venezuelans have to prepare for times of climate emergency”, said the president in a televised act.

Maduro pointed out that, according to experts, in the country Four degrees Celsius are being registered on average “above normal”.

“As a result of climate change we have, the experts in climate measurement tell me, We have an average of four degrees Celsius in the country above normal”, said.

The Inameh forecast for this Friday, stable weather conditions in a large part of the country, with little cloudiness and no precipitation.

Likewise, he said that an extreme minimum temperature is expected in the early morning hours, 8 degrees Celsius, in mountainous areas of the Andean state of Mérida (west), and maximum, after noon, close to 41 degrees in the Zulia states (west ), Falcón (northwest), Miranda (center), Anzoátegui (northeast), Bolívar (south), as well as the western and central plains.

“These high temperatures, added to consecutive days without precipitation and strong solar radiation, increase the very high risk of spreading forest fires, in 75% of the country”, added.

The Inameh maintained that this risk is registered, especially, in Zulia, south of Táchira (west), north of Trujillo (west), Delta Amacuro (east), Bolívar, Amazonas (south), central west, western and central plains. Venezuela suffered a strong rainy season in 2022, which caused damage of varying intensity to some 14,000 homes -some multi-family- and left a balance of at least 94 deaths.

Source: Elcomercio

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