Water Running Out

There are dry ponds everywhere. People are collecting large drums of water to use for utensils and in the fields. Summer is still not official. Though I remember horrible fortnights in April 2000 and 2010 (followed by a tornado) and a bad week in 2023 too

https://reliefweb.int/report/india/india-uttar-dinajpur-rapid-emergency-needs-assessment

https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/heat-wave-summer-water-crisis-elections-climate-disaster-boiling-frog-2959981

https://www.telegraphindia.com/elections/lok-sabha-election-2024/india-predicted-to-experience-extreme-weather-this-year-especially-starting-april-end-coinciding-with-lok-sabha-polls-union-minister-for-earth-sciences-kiren-rijiju/cid/2010476

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/climate-change/indians-may-already-be-experiencing-temperatures-close-to-limits-of-human-survivability-without-even-being-aware-95278?s=09

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