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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
Alexander Villegas and Rodrigo Gutierrez

'We beg God for water': Chilean lake turns to desert, sounding climate change alarm

A dead fish lies on the dried-up Penuelas lake in Valparaiso, Chile April 19, 2022. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

The Penuelas reservoir in central Chile was until twenty years ago the main source of water for the city of Valparaiso, holding enough water for 38,000 Olympic-size swimming pools. Water for only two pools now remains.

A huge expanse of dried and cracked earth that was once the lake bed is littered with fish skeletons and desperate animals searching for water.

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