Worst Drought in 50 Years Takes Toll in Northern Brazil
May 14, 2012 in Climate Change, Water
Severe drought gripping northeastern Brazil — the worst in a half-century — is taking its toll on more than 1,100 towns, even triggering fighting in rural areas, local media reported Sunday.
An average of one person a day is being killed in “water wars” in rural areas, while scores of animals are wasting away before perishing, the O Globo newspaper reported over the weeekend.
Short water supplies have devastated farm output, the report said, endangering the lives of local people and their livestock.
