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In drought-hit Sicily, rainwater is dumped in the sea

Local farmers say decades of incompetent water management has led to a situation in which they can’t use rainwater from reservoirs. Sicilian lemon producer Rosario Cognata is furious: his fruit is withering due to the drought, while just a few kilometers away rainwater is being dumped into the sea. The Trinita dam, built in 1959

Elroy Schewe August 10, 2024

Drought in Sicily threatens grain fields, animal herds

Italy’s government in early May declared a state of emergency for the southern island. A crushing drought in Sicily has withered fields of grain, deprived livestock of pasture land and fanned a spate of wildfires, causing damage already estimated at 2.7 billion euros this year. In an attempt to mitigate the effects of the water

Tami Fetzer July 30, 2024

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