National Meteorological Institute (Institut National de la Météorologie)

Rule Changes

Operating agency whose Ciudad Juárez station was the site of the fire; survivors say the promised medical care has not arrived

A Mexican federal judge has closed the criminal case against Francisco Garduño, who led the National Migration Institute (INM) when a fire killed 40 migrants at a Ciudad Juárez detention station in March 2023. Judge Victor Manlio Hernández Calderón ruled on October 13 that Garduño had met the terms of a suspended trial, including reparations, a public apology and human rights training.

Updated Oct 23

Built World

As of September 2026: Declared summer 2026 the hottest on record

Tunisia's summer of 2026 was the hottest since the country began keeping weather records in 1950. The June-August national average ran 2.9°C above the 1991-2020 baseline, with back-to-back heatwaves peaking at 49.7°C in Kairouan in mid-July.

Updated Sep 23