Recent research from WaterAid reveals that urban areas are experiencing drastic climate changes, shifting from historical patterns of drought to flooding, and vice versa. This climate whiplash affects cities like Madrid and Cairo, which traditionally faced floods but now struggle with scarcity. Conversely, cities once known for dryness now face flooding risks. The rapid climatic shift poses significant challenges for existing infrastructure, which was not designed to handle such variability, thereby threatening the water supply and sanitation systems for millions of inhabitants.
"I assumed dry places were getting drier and wet places wetter, but the most surprising thing to me was that many cities are experiencing a complete change in what they were used to managing."
"Infrastructure that was designed and built at a time when these were dry cities are now having to deal with this idea that these are now flood-prone cities."
"Droughts dry up water sources, while floods destroy toilets and sanitation systems and contaminate drinking water."
"Ninety percent of climate disasters are water-related, such as floods and droughts, putting millions of people at risk."
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