It has been nearly four months since any rain fell in the Piedmont region of the Italian Alps. This follows a winter in which snowfall was only one-third of what it normally is, and the meagre snowmelt combined with lack of rain has reduced the River Po to a trickle. It is the worst drought the region has experienced in 70 years, but a scenario that is likely to become increasingly commonplace in the future.
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