Po drought emergency has worsened, no end in sight says authority

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 6 - The crisis the ongoing "extreme drought" is having on the Po River and Italy's major lakes is getting worse and shows no sign of letting up, the Po River Basin Authority (Adbpo) said Thursday after a meeting of its observatory on water resources. "Persistent high temperatures are depleting the last remaining water reserves—namely, the large pre-Alpine lakes," said Adbpo Secretary General Alessandro Delpiano. "The emergency continues, and there is still no end in sight."...

By ANSA