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Heavy machinery moves soil at a makeshift dam while workers hoist giant pipes over mounds of earth at two construction sites in the south of Uruguay, as the South American country struggles to enhance its aging water delivery infrastructure to cope with an unprecedented three-year-long drought that has put at risk the supply of tap water for about 60% of the population. IMAGES
Water overflowing from canals struggles to drain away from the fields in the countryside near Ravenna, as Italy struggles with floods described as the country's worst in a century. The disaster has killed more than a dozen people and left thousands stranded in waterlogged homes or in evacuation centres. IMAGES
The riverbed of the Jialing river in China's southwestern city of Chongqing, a tributary of the Yangtze river, runs dry as the country is hit by record temperatures and droughts. IMAGES
Athens (Greece), Sep 13 (EFE) .- (Camera: Yannis Chryssoverghis) The school year began this Monday in Greece with classrooms one hundred percent occupied and amid concerns that this could cause an upturn in infections daily covid-19, which now exceed 2,000 a day.FOOTAGE OF STUDENTS COMING BACK TO THEIR CLASSROOMS IN ATHENS, GREECE
Genoa City, Sep 10 (EFE/EPA).- According to the most recent monthly Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer, a survey of 400 US agricultural producers, farmers are optimistic about their yields as some drought areas have received precipitation.There is also optimism that land values will continue to rise. (Camera: TANNEN MAURY).SHOT LIST: AERIAL SHOTS SHOWING AGRICULTURAL AREAS NEAR GENOA CITY, WISCONSIN, US.
Valencia (Spain), Aug 23 (EFE).- The rice producers of Valencia denounce that the flamingos destroy their rice fields. The affectation ranges from 30% to the loss of all rice production due to the invasion of these animals. In recent years, the flamingo population has grown throughout the natural park. FOOTAGE OF RICE CULTIVATION, THE AFFECTION IN SOME FIELDS AND FLAMINGOES FLYING AROUND THE RICE FIELDS