Italy’s Lake Garda shrinks to near-historic low amid drought

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Northern Italy hasn't seen significant rainfall for months, and snowfall this year was down 70%. Many European countries, including Spain, Germany, Portugal, France, the Netherlands and Britain, are enduring droughts this summer. Authorities allowed more water from Lake Garda to flow out to local rivers. But in late July, they reduced the amount to protect the lake and tourism.

3 months ago·Garda, Italy

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Italy's Lake Garda near historic low amid worst drought in decades

Italy's worst drought in decades has reduced Lake Garda, the country's largest lake, to close to its lowest level ever recorded, exposing swaths of previously underwater rocks and warming the water to temperatures that approach the average in the Caribbean Sea.

3 months ago·Canada

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Italy's Lake Garda shrinks to near-historic low amid drought

Italy's worst drought in decades has reduced Lake Garda, the country's largest lake, to near its lowest level ever recorded, exposing swaths of previously underwater rocks and warming the water to temperatures that approach the average in the Caribbean Sea.

4 months ago·Toronto, Canada

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Italy's Lake Garda shrinks to near-historic low amid drought

SIRMIONE Italy (AP) — Italy’s worst drought in decades has reduced Lake Garda, the country's largest lake, to near its lowest level ever recorded, exposing swaths of previously underwater rocks and warming the water to temperatures that approach the average in the Caribbean Sea.

4 months ago·United States

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Italy's Lake Garda shrinks to near-historic low amid drought

Italy’s worst drought in decades has reduced the country’s largest lake to near its lowest level ever recorded

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Italy’s Lake Garda shrinks to near-historic low amid drought

Italy’s worst drought in decades has reduced Lake Garda, the country’s largest lake, close to its lowest level ever recorded.

4 months ago·Ireland

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Italy's Lake Garda shrinks to near-historic low amid drought

By ANDREA ROSA and LUIGI NAVARRA Associated PressSIRMIONE Italy (AP) — Italy’s worst drought in decades has reduced the country’s largest lake to near its lowest level ever recorded. Tourists flocking to Lake Garda on Friday for the start of a long weekend found a vastly different landscape than in past years. An expansive stretch of bleached rock extended far from the normal shoreline. Northern Italy hasn’t seen rainfall for months and snowfall…

4 months ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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