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Italy has declared a state of emergency over a worsening #drought that has plagued five northern regions in recent weeks, Prime Minister Mario Draghi ’s office has announced.
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Italy has declared a state of emergency over a worsening #drought that has plagued five northern regions in recent weeks, Prime Minister Mario Draghi ’s office has announced.
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Due to a megadrought gripping the western US, the water levels at Lake Mead, the country’s largest reservoir serving 40 million Americans, have dropped to a historic low.
United States officials declared the first-ever water shortage for the Colorado River, an arterial waterway that serves 40 million people in the country’s west, and called on the population it serves to reduce their usage next year.
A long-term drought that has hit two-thirds of Mexico is likely to worsen in coming weeks with forecasts of high temperatures and warnings of crop damage and water supply shortages on the horizon, including in the populous capital of Mexico City.
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Δημοσιεύτηκε από Geo Kok στις Τετάρτη, 12 Μαΐου 2021
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Drought conditions now cover 85 percent of Mexico, and residents of the nation’s central region said Thursday that lakes and reservoirs are simply drying up, including the country’s second-largest body of freshwater.
China made good on its promise to share year-round hydrological data on upper reaches of the Mekong River with the kickoff of an online information sharing platform on Monday. The platform aims to provide reliable forecasting and early warning services related to floods and droughts.