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Puerto Rico rations water supplies due to intense drought
By GhanaSummary Newsroom1 min read
Hundreds of thousands of people in Puerto Rico are going without running water for two days at a time as authorities in the US territory take drastic measures to combat a severe drought.
Puerto Rico has previously been shaken by the kind of extreme weather events scientists say are more likely due to human-induced climate change.
Puerto Rico's water authority says about 65% of the water it produces is lost or unbilled, much of it due to leaks and ageing pipes, according to the BBC's US news partner, CBS.
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