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"Just to give you an idea the 2018 drought was so extreme that, looking back at least the last 500 years, there were no other events similar to the drought of 2018, but this year I think it is really worse than 2018."
Many countries in the southern and western parts of the continent have already succumbed to exceedingly hot and dry weather, expected to last for about 10 days.
"The Copernicus emergency management service indicates the present drought in Europe could become the worst ever," Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič warned on Thursday.
Southeastern Brazil’s drought has dried up once plentiful reservoirs to seriously low levels, causing the country’s most populous city of Sao Paulo to consider having their water turned off five days a week.
Namibia is facing its worst drought in 30 years and in the northern Kunene region, it hasn't rained for 2 years. The drought has affected one third of the country's population, with 300,000 people 'severely food insecure' and 400,000 people 'moderately food insecure'. The Namibian government has committed 20m US dollars to its drought response plan, but is also calling for external aid.
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