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Mayotte is facing an unprecedented water crisis amid one of the worst droughts in its history, as the impacts of the human-caused climate crisis collide with a chronic lack of investment in the water system.

Racha Mousdikoudine opens the tap of her kitchen sink and waits. “Maybe I won’t get any water at all,” she tells CNN, “Maybe I’ll get 30 minutes of water. Maybe the water will only come after hours of waiting.”

Racha Mousdikoudine opens the tap of her kitchen sink and waits. “Maybe I won’t get any water at all,” she tells CNN, “Maybe I’ll get 30 minutes of water. Maybe the water will only come after hours of waiting.”

With muddy sludge coming out of taps and the cost of bottled water skyrocketing, some impoverished resident...