'We need rain' -Mexican farmers

The town's cattle have been depleted, harvests disrupted, and fisheries culled, forcing some workers to move to cities

Hicterio Torres Franco's animals are dying: deprived of water in one of the worst droughts Mexico has seen for 30 years, Qazet.az reports according to state media.

In the distance lies one of his donkeys, its carcass eyed by vultures. Some 19 cows have perished too.

"It's been a big loss," laments Torres, whose farm sits alongside the El Granero dam in the northern state of Chihuahua.

Just 10% of Mexico's dams are now full, with many seeing levels drop below half or lower, according to official data.

July was the second hottest month in Mexico since 1953, according to the national weather service, with temperatures reaching 45 degrees Celsius last month in some areas.

Agricultural towns like Coyame, which do not have access to groundwater and are almost entirely dependent on the region's shrinking dam, have been devastated.