Mekong Drought Enters Fourth Year; Worst Conditions in 60 Years

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Mekong Drought Enters Fourth Year; Worst Conditions in 60 Years

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please leave this as a stand alone thread so it gets the views needed to as many as possible

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PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA —
Mainland Southeast Asia is entering its fourth year of drought, with climate change and unrelenting dam construction taking an unprecedented toll on the Mekong River and the 65 million people who rely on the waterway for their livelihoods.

In Cambodia, the drought has prompted a government call to use water sparingly, particularly in rural areas, saying rainfall from the recent wet season “will not be enough to meet the immediate needs,” and a separate report adding water capacity for irrigation is operating at just 20%.
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This aerial photo taken on Oct. 31, 2019, shows a fisherman on a boat on the drought-stricken Mekong river in Pak Chom district in the northeastern Thai province of Loei.

https://www.voanews.com/a/mekong-drough ... 36938.html

I'd say a combination of climate change ( yes it exists) and China damming the river plus potential over use
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
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