Desperate for a drink: Indonesian villagers dig up dry river bed in drought

3 years ago by goat to c/worldnews

It's been four, long, hot months since Sunardi's village has seen any rainfall as an El Nino-induced drought parches Indonesia, so the tobacco farmer does the only thing he can do to get water: dig up a dry river bed.

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r_ffer23 3 points 3 years ago

So many months without water, seems very harsh. If it is that hard to get for basic needs, I can't see how the crops would survive. :(

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