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Jamaica hit by severe drought
Monday, July 21, 2014
Pickersgill said a policy is being developed to increase rainwater harvesting. “I firmly believe this is the route we must take in the face of climate change impacts which will intensify drought conditions,” he said. The minister noted that weather projections do not forecast increased rainfall even for the island’s next rainy season starting in October, so the “already serious water supply situation we are experiencing will most likely worsen.”
Other countries around the Caribbean are also struggling with drought. St. Lucia is under emergency water restrictions and Venezuela has been rationing supplies.
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