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An aerial view of Lake Pergusa, Sicily's only natural lake, now almost dried up and reduced to a pool of mud.
Lake Pergusa, Sicily's only natural lake has almost dried up due to an increasingly dramatic drought emergency in Sicily.

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  • Sicily, Italy, is in a state of emergency over the worst drought the country has seen in 20 years.
  • Water rations are so strict that hotel and inn owners are turning tourists away.
  • As a tourism-driven economy, the drought is threatening the financial stability of the region.

An extreme drought in Sicily is the worst the Italian island has seen in 20 years, and it's so bad it's threatening the region's economy.

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Travel, International, economy, insider-news, Italy, Sicily, Drought, tourism
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Massive drought in Italy threatens to destroy Sicilian tourism