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Published 2 years ago

'We beg God for water': Chilean lake turns to desert, sounding climate change alarm

Summary by Ground News
The Penuelas reservoir in central Chile was 20 years ago the main source of water for the city of Valparaiso. Rainfall levels have crashed in the South American nation. Warmer air means snow in the Andes, once a key store of meltwater for spring and summer, is melting faster.

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'We beg God for water': Chilean lake turns to desert, sounding climate change alarm

The Penuelas reservoir in central Chile was until twenty years ago the main source of water for the city of Valparaiso, holding enough water for 38,000 Olympic-size swimming pools. Water for only two pools now remains.

2 years ago·United Kingdom
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'We beg God for water': Chilean lake turns to desert, sounding climate change alarm

PENUELAS, Chile: The Penuelas reservoir in central Chile was until 20 years ago the main source of water for the city of Valparaiso, holding enough water for 38,000 Olympic-size swimming pools. Water for only two pools now remains. A huge expanse of dried and cracked earth that was once the lake bed is lit

2 years ago·Singapore
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'We Beg God For Water': Chilean Lake Turns To Desert, Sounding Climate Change Alarm

The Penuelas reservoir in central Chile was until twenty years ago the main source of water for the city of Valparaiso, holding enough water for 38,000 Olympic-size swimming pools.

2 years ago·United States
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Chilean workers 'beg God for water' as reservoir turns to desert amid record drought

Chile's drought has hit mine output in the world's largest copper producer, stoked tensions over water use for lithium and farming, fuelled forest fires and driven the capital Santiago to draw up unprecedented preparations for water rationing.

2 years ago·United Kingdom
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NBC NewsNBC News

'There is no water': A climate alarm as lake in Chile turns to a desert

“We have to beg God to send us water — I’ve never seen it like this,” a resident near the Penuelas reservoir said.

2 years ago·United States
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'We beg God for water': Chilean lake turns to desert, sounding climate change alarm

A huge expanse of dried and cracked earth that was once the lake bed in this South American nation is littered with fish skeletons and desperate animals searching for water

2 years ago·Philippines
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