Lake Cuitzeo, Mexico’s second-biggest lake, is now a cemetery of abandoned fishing boats

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Drought has dried up what was Mexico’s second-biggest lake, destroying a once thriving fishing economy in Michoacán.

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Mexico’s second largest lake now a cemetery of abandoned fishboats. Picture via MND

The scale of the problem? Lake Cuitzeo should have 800 million cubic meters of water, but today it doesn’t even have 200.

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The dry lake has become a playground for pickups.

Now, the more than 300-square-kilometer reservoir has become a cemetery for fishing boats and a shortcut for motorists to reach Morelia, the state capital of Michoacán.

Or even a short cuts to reach Morelia, the state capital city of Michoacan.

The water disappearance also creates frequent and prolonged dust clouds that sometimes reach nearby communities, affecting health of residents, as well as causing allergies, respiratory illnesses and gastrointestinal complications from the bacteria they transport.

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Lake Cuitzeo, a graveyard for fishing boat.

Lake Cuitzeo collapse

Everything has started back in 1941, when the governement constructed the Cointzio dam, leading to the disappearance of more than two-thirds of the lake’s water. 

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Map of Lake Cuitzeo

Then the building of two highways 30 years ago split the lake into three parts.

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No water but grass for cattle.

More destruction factors are:

  • Deforestation
  • increased water demand
  • waste from nearby giant pig farms and industries.
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Why is the second largest lake in Mexico dying?

Meanwhile, federal authorities have not intervened. leading to the collapse of the fishing industry. According to official estimates, fishing yields just 5% of what it used to in the 1990s. Moreover, from the 19 species of fish documented in 1975, only six remain.

The collapse of the fishing industry has caused a surge in migration to the United States.

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In summary, drought, pollution and deforestation led Lake Cuitzeo, the second-largest in Mexico, to the verge of devastation. Lack of rain deprived the whole area’s wildlife and population of water. Locals say it affects their lives tremendously, not having a place to fish or a way for their cattle to drink. [Mexico News Daily]

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10 Comments

  1. Many of the dried up reservoirs Worldwide are in that predicament because the powers that be who run the dams send the water down stream or are PAID to Empty them thus Creating a “Catastrophe” which proves that they HATE the people & get to push “Global Warming, Climate Change, Green Reset”. The Entire Planet is run by Demonic Pedophiles who need to be Exterminated.

    • Unfortunately, our country (U.S.A.) has the same problem with respect to iniquities. Especially since the wicked relish their wickedness.

      For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.

      (2 Thessalonians 2:1-12)

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