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Italy, France confront 2nd year of western Europe drought

FILE - A boat restaurant lies on the dried riverbed at a tourist dock along the Po river in Ficarolo, Italy, on July 28, 2022. Grappling with the nation's second straight year of drought for the first time in decades, Premier Giorgia Meloni huddled with ministers on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, to come up with an extraordinary action plan for rain and snow shortage this winter. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File) FILE - A fisherman walks on the dried riverbed at a tourist dock along the Po river in Ficarolo, Italy, on July 28, 2022. Grappling with the nation's second straight year of drought for the first time in decades, Premier Giorgia Meloni huddled with ministers on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, to come up with an extraordinary action plan for rain and snow shortage this winter. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File) FILE - A view of the peninsula of Sirmione, on Garda lake, Italy, on, Aug. 12, 2022. Grappling with the nation's second straight year of drought for the first time in decades, Premier Giorgia Meloni huddled with ministers on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, to come up with an extraordinary action plan for rain and snow shortage this winter. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File) FILE - Boats lie on the dried riverbed at a tourist dock along the Po river in Ficarolo, Italy, on July 28, 2022. Grappling with the nation's second straight year of drought for the first time in decades, Premier Giorgia Meloni huddled with ministers on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, to come up with an extraordinary action plan for rain and snow shortage this winter. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File) A dried portion of lake Besse is pictured in Besse-sur-Issole, southern France, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. France recorded 32 days without rain this winter – the longest such winter drought since record-keeping began in 1959. Around France, residents are sharing images of dried-up riverbeds or shrunken lakes – shocking sights in the depths of winter. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) A man walks by lake Besse in Besse-sur-Issole, southern France, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. France recorded 32 days without rain this winter – the longest such winter drought since record-keeping began in 1959. Around France, residents are sharing images of dried-up riverbeds or shrunken lakes – shocking sights in the depths of winter. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) Children play in a dried riverbed in Flassans-sur-Issole, southern France, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. France recorded 32 days without rain this winter – the longest such winter drought since record-keeping began in 1959. Around France, residents are sharing images of dried-up riverbeds or shrunken lakes – shocking sights in the depths of winter. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Italy, France confront 2nd year of western Europe drought