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I’m Eileen Wray-McCann for Circle of Blue, and this is “What’s Up With Water,” your need-to-know news of the world’s water, made possible by support from people like you.
In the Caribbean, residents of St. Vincent are struggling to find clean water after volcanic eruptions on the island earlier this month. The Associated Press reports that ash from La Soufriere volcano has clogged and contaminated drinking water reservoirs. And so the island’s water and sewer services are significantly reduced. As an emergency measure, some St. Vincent residents are queuing to fill jugs from roadside natural springs and waiting on tanker trucks. The Caribbean volcano last erupted in 1979, and scientists say it could be active for months. Some 20,000 people have been evacuated from the area around the volcano.
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Stop if you’ve heard this before: California is in the grip of a severe drought. Again. Now the federal government is stepping in to help. To assist California, which is the nation’s largest food supplier, the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently declared a drought disaster for 50 counties. That makes growers throughout the state who have been struggling with parched conditions eligible to seek federal loans. “This declaration emphasizes the devastating and far-reaching impact of climate change on the agricultural producers that feed and power America,” Under Secretary of Agriculture Gloria Montaño Greene said in an emailed statement.
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Stop if youâve heard this before: California is in the grip of a severe drought. Again.Â
Now the federal government is stepping in to help.Â
To assist California, which is the nationâs largest food supplier, the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently declared a drought disaster for 50 counties, including Napa. That makes growers throughout the state who have been struggling with parched conditions eligible to seek federal loans.
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âThis declaration emphasizes the devastating and far-reaching impact of climate change on the agricultural producers that feed and power America,â Under Secretary of Agriculture Gloria Montaño Greene said in an emailed statement.Â