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Italys Lake Garda shrinks to near-historic low amid drought

SIRMIONE Italy (AP) — Italy’s worst drought in decades has reduced Lake Garda, the country's largest lake, to near its lowest level ever recorded, exposing swaths of previously underwater rocks and warming the water to temperatures that approach the average in the Caribbean Sea.

Italys largest lake is losing 2 cm of water a day as an unprecedented drought grips the country and much of Europe.

Italy’s worst drought in decades has reduced Lake Garda, the country’s largest lake, to near its lowest level ever recorded, exposing swaths of previously underwater rocks and warming the water to temperatures that approach the average in the Caribbean Sea. Tourists flocking to the popular northern lake Friday for the start of Italy’s key summer…

Italy's worst drought in decades has reduced the country's largest lake to near its lowest level ever recorded

The shrinking of Lake Garda, the largest lake in Italy and a popular tourist destination, has impacted the country's agriculture and tourism industries.

Travel industry experts say Europe has dealt with bouts of extreme weather in the past, but the types of challenges it has faced this summer have the potential to shift where and when people travel.

Italy’s worst drought in decades has reduced the country’s largest lake to near its lowest level ever recorded

Italys largest lake is losing 2 cm of water a day as an unprecedented drought grips the country and much of Europe.

The water temperature at the key tourist attraction has reached levels approaching the average in the Caribbean Sea.