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https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/03/30/europ...index.html

....... But after the driest winter in more than six decades, it is a shadow of its former self.

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Still reeling from last year's blistering summer and the worst drought in 500 years, parts of the continent have experienced such low levels of snow and rain that fears are growing for what might be in store as summer approaches -- and beyond.
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https://www.wired.com/story/europe-drought-2023/

After unusually low amounts of rain and snow this winter, the continent faces a severe water shortage.

THE DROUGHT IN parts of France is so bad right now that some authorities have banned new home-building projects—for the next four years. Despite a severe housing shortage in France, new homes just aren’t worth the drain on water resources that construction, and eventual new residents, would cause, say nine communes in the south of the country.

It’s just one of many signs that Europe is running dry.

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[alanis]

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ita...023-03-24/
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