shippers to keep moving those goods but they have to lighten their loads. so that is driving up costs and also getting fewer goods to where they re supposed to go, interrupting the supply chain. just going another to a different country nearby, to england, the drought conditions there have gotten many, many municipalities prohibiting people from using their hoses to water their gardens and wash their cars. so in italy and in other countries of the uk, farmers are struggling in northern italy. farmers are facing potentially 80% loss of their crops. they re not able to get enough water for irrigation and not able to grow enough food to feed their cattle and other livestock for the winter. 60% of the european union is under some sort of drought watch and warning right now, according to the eu. kim? yeah, we heard from the weather center there is supposed to be rain later in the week. we ll see if that s enough to counter this extreme drought we re seeing in that area there. al goodman
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – With a fast-increasing depletion of the water supply at the Pittsfield Cleveland Reservoir, the city of Pittsfield’s Department of Public Services and.
Pittsfield announced Friday that it was implementing mandatory water restrictions beginning Monday, Aug. 8, that will last from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day.