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The year 2023 was record-hot and stood out with a drying up of water flows and contributed to prolonged droughts in some places. It notably covers rivers, lakes, reservoirs, groundwater, soil moisture, glaciers, and the evaporation of water from land and plants.
The World Meteorological Organization WMO released the latest “State of Global Water Resources” report on Monday (Oct. 07). The year 2023 was record-hot and stood out with a drying up of water flows and contributed to prolonged droughts in some places.
It notably covers rivers, lakes, reservoirs, groundwater, soil moisture, glaciers, and the evaporation of water from land and plants. If southern America’s renowned Amazon and Lake Titicaca faced widespread drought conditions, other places in Oceania for instance were flooded.
The WMO’s chief alerted on erratic hydrological cycles. In November 2023, at least 130 people died in the Horn of Africa following heavy rains that triggered what aid agencies described as flooding seen only once every 100 years.
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The WMO called for improvements in data collection and sharing to help clear up the real picture for water resources and help countries and communities take action in response.
