SAN CATALDO, Italy — A crushing drought in Sicily has withered fields of grain, deprived livestock of pasture land and fanned a spate of wildfires, causing damage already estimated at 2.7 billion euros this year.
In an attempt to mitigate the effects of the water crisis, the Italian government in early May declared a state of emergency for the southern island, unblocking funds to purchase water tanker trucks, drill wells and renovate pumping and desalination stations.But ensuing months of continued high temperatures have done nothing to ameliorate the already dire conditions, with farmers giving up on their harvests and now wondering how they'll feed and water their animals.
A picture shows the low level of water at Pergusa lake due to drought, near Enna, Sicily on February 26, 2024. AFP PHOTO5,800 hectares burnedFarmer Fabio Scarantino stands in front of his herd of cattle. Their light brown hides match the dry, dusty landscape behind them.'Climate change in Sicily is real. In the past we talked about it but we could never have imagined experiencing it first hand,' Scarantino said.
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