Drought leaves Cuban reservoirs at 40 pct capacity

Posted on Thursday, 06.03.10
Drought leaves Cuban reservoirs at 40 pct capacity
The Associated Press

HAVANA -- Cuba is urging people to save water amid what it is calling a
"critical" and "tense" drought that has left reservoirs at 40 percent
capacity.

The Communist Party newspaper Granma says that reservoirs nationwide
designed to hold 9 billion cubic meters (318 billion cubic feet) of
water have just 3.6 billion cubic meters (127 billion cubic feet).

Granma said Thursday the current drought began in November 2008 and that
2009 was the fourth-driest year since 1900. The situation worsened
following an especially dry May, when the island received only 47
percent of its usual monthly rainfall totals.

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