Worst drought in modern history causes Chilean Lake to disappear

 

Peñuelas Lake, which is around 70 miles west of the capital Santiago, which supplied drinking water for nearly two million people in Chile has dried up over the course of six years due to a 12-year drought. With the Lake gone, water has to be tankered into the city to provide drinking water. This is not enough to provide water for the local agriculture, which has virtually disappeared leaving thousands of livestock dead. This area of Chile is no stranger to droughts but this last one has lasted several years with no significant rain to re-stock the large lake that has supplied the city and surrounding region with water.



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