Mexico's worst drought in 70 years

The United Mexican States(federation of 31 States) commonly known as Mexico is located in North America with an estimated population  of about 112 million and  the 5th largest country in North & South America and the 13th largest country in the world - in terms of area.also Mexico is the most populous Spanish Speaking country outside Spain.


Mexico is being battered by its worst drought in seven decades. The drought is affecting almost 70 percent of the country, devastating farm life, and is expected to continue into next year.
Crops of corn, beans and oats are withering in the fields. Mexican farmers have lost 2.2 million acres (900,000 hectares) of crops to dry conditions and about 1.7 million cattle have died of starvation and thirst.
Hardest hit are five states in Mexico’s north.The government is trucking water to 1,500 villages scattered across the nation’s northern expanse, and sending food to poor farmers who have lost all their crops.

Cracks are seen in dry earth in San Isidro de Cienega in the state of Nuevo Leon November 28, 2011

The sun sets over a dry patch of land in Parras de La Fuente in the state of Coahuila November 24, 2011