Longtime drought has completely dried up a Peruvian lagoon
Extreme drought in Peru has completely dried up the Cconchaccota lagoon in the Apurimac region. The dry conditions come after three repeated La Niña patterns.
This has been the driest period Southern Peru has experienced in almost a half-century, Al Jazeera reported. The rainy season should have begun in September, but it has barely rained at all. Residents have had to set bowls outside of their homes to collect the little rainwater that the area received. Many of the communities in the Southern Andes are Indigenous, and residents rely on farming. They’ve suffered significant livestock and crop losses from the intense dry conditions and are in desperate conditions.
