Dry conditions cause problems for people who depend on water to graze livestock and ship goods. Some areas are being forced to carry water to those in need, while others are resorting to cloud seeding in an attempt to promote rainfall.
Heat, drought affect water bodies
An enclosed boat ramp appears to end just outside the water’s edge at Elephant Butte Reservoir near Truth of Consequence, NM (Mario Tama/Getty Images) Daniel Martel fills a container with water on Tuesday to supply villages around Fayence, France, as a historic drought hits the country. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters) People walk near the Loire River in Loireauxence, France, on Tuesday. (Stephane Mahe/Reuters) A boat sits on the exposed bed of the Rhine River in Spijk, Netherlands, on August 13. Low water levels have severely hampered inland navigation on the Rhine, which is the main route for transporting goods from Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Antwerp to western Germany and Switzerland. (Koen van Weel/ANP/AFP/Getty Images) People walk across the old Asel Bridge on Lake Eder in Vohl, Germany. The bridge, usually underwater, is exposed due to low water levels following a prolonged drought. (Boris Roessler/dpa/The Associated Press) Sheep drink from a pool while standing on the bed of the Guadiana river in the central-western Spanish region of Extremadura, on Tuesday. Temperatures in Spain have been very hot this summer with several unusual heat waves. Scientists say human-induced climate change is making extreme weather events, including heat waves and droughts, more frequent and more intense. (Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images) This aerial photo taken on Tuesday shows the Sirmione peninsula on Lake Garda in northern Italy, where the lake’s waters are receding due to severe drought. (Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images) A boat is stuck on the dried up bank of a canal in the Umm El Wadaa marsh, near the Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, on Tuesday. Years of drought and low rainfall, as well as reduced river flows from neighboring Turkey and Iran, have turned Iraq’s swampy areas into cracked ground. Local residents, whose livelihoods depend on the resources of the southern marshlands, are struggling to make ends meet, with many forced to leave in search of different jobs. (Asaad Niazi/AFP/Getty Images) The Yangtze River bed is on display in Chongqing, China on Wednesday. (Reuters) Members of the Chinese militia load cloud seeding equipment on Wednesday. Cloud seeding is part of drought relief measures during a heat wave warning near Shaoyang, Hunan Province, China. (China Daily/Reuters)
