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Elly Blake

California: Six million told to cut outdoor watering as drought plagues state

Officials in California declared a water emergency on Tuesday, ordering six million people to cut their outdoor watering.

Residents in the southern state counties of Los Angeles, Ventura and San Bernardino have been told to limit outdoor watering to just one day per week in an unprecendented move to tackle water shortages.

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