> Almost 50 degrees and no water: Taps run dry in southern Iraq / 32GX2TP
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Almost 50 degrees and no water: Taps run dry in southern Iraq / 32GX2TP
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Iraqis fill water from tank trucks in the al-Aghawat village, west of the southern governorate of Diwaniyah, amid a lack of potable tap water. Drought hit hard as the flow of the Euphrates has dropped visibly in recent months, while scorching temperatures sometimes reach 50 degrees. "Almost the third of the Diwaniyah governorate lacks [potable tap] water. We are trying our best to solve the problem through water tank trucks," says governor of Diwaniyah Zouheir al-Shaalan. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES