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highplainsdem

(57,306 posts)
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 09:36 AM 16 hrs ago

Lebanon's worst drought on record drains largest reservoir

Source: Reuters

Water levels at Lebanon's largest reservoir on the Litani River have fallen to historic lows amid what experts describe as the country's worst drought on record, threatening agriculture, electricity production, and domestic water supplies.

The Litani River National Authority said inflows to Lake Qaraoun during this year's wet season did not exceed 45 million cubic metres, a fraction of the 350 million cubic metres annual average.

Last year, the figure stood at 230 million. The water currently available in Lake Qaraoun - around 61 million cubic meters - was unusable due to severe pollution, the authority said.

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Lebanon's hydroelectric plants tied to the Litani basin have been shut down, Alawieh said, causing financial losses and intensifying electricity rationing by Electricite du Liban.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/lebanons-worst-drought-record-drains-largest-reservoir-2025-07-15/

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Lebanon's worst drought on record drains largest reservoir (Original Post) highplainsdem 16 hrs ago OP
As Carlin noted... slightlv 12 hrs ago #1

slightlv

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1. As Carlin noted...
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 01:52 PM
12 hrs ago

The Earth will survive... humans, not so much. How incredibly, willfully blind climate change denialists are.

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