Mexico is experiencing one of its most severe and widespread droughts in over a decade. Water levels are so low in some regions that you can see the effects from space.
Bustillos Lagoon is a significant water source for the state of Chihuahua and is mainly used to irrigate nearly 20,000 agricultural plots. With limited water, people in Chihuahua have watched their crops and livestock wither.
Derek Vollmer, director of Waterscapes at WWF, highlighted that the drought 'created a pretty big deficit in both the northwest and the south-central parts of the country in terms of lack of precipitation.'
The view from space is bleak, but the images from the ground show an even grimmer reality for the people, plants, and animals coping with the drought.
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