Chris Wilson (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} chriswilson7) wrote,@ 2007-01-20 17:35:00 |
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Emerging from the past...
Drought causes village to resurface
20 Jan 2007
A drought has caused a village that was flooded 30 years ago to create a lake to resurface, Reuters reports on January 19th.
According to the report, the water in the lake, which feeds the Fierza hydroelectric plant, is just seven metres (23 feet) above the level at which turbine operations must cease.
"Some people started working the land they lost to the lake in the 1970s," said Kukes resident Fatime.
Villagers are already complaining about water rationing and it could continue further as only a third of the normal amount of rain fell between September and December. The report adds that this makes it the worst dry spell since 1915.
www.met-office.gov.uk (and Reuters)
Drought causes village to resurface
20 Jan 2007
A drought has caused a village that was flooded 30 years ago to create a lake to resurface, Reuters reports on January 19th.
According to the report, the water in the lake, which feeds the Fierza hydroelectric plant, is just seven metres (23 feet) above the level at which turbine operations must cease.
"Some people started working the land they lost to the lake in the 1970s," said Kukes resident Fatime.
Villagers are already complaining about water rationing and it could continue further as only a third of the normal amount of rain fell between September and December. The report adds that this makes it the worst dry spell since 1915.
www.met-office.gov.uk (and Reuters)
