The Puerto Rico government has announced water rationing measures to cope with a months-long severe drought. The measures will affect daily water usage for millions of residents, highlighting the severe challenge climate change poses to water security in the Caribbean region.
Core Summary The Romanian government recently took emergency measures, blasting rocks in the Danube River channel to divert water to nuclear power plant cooling systems in response to an ongoing drought-induced energy crisis. Meanwhile, Hungary announced it will shut down its sole nuclear plant on Sunday for the first time due to drought. The Danube River has reached record low water levels, pushing multiple Eastern European countries to the brink of energy emergency. ...