Name: South African drought town's warning to the world - BBC News
Uploaded: 2020-07-02T17:30:36.000Z
Duration: 5 min 17 s
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When we get to the tips in the morning, there's no water in its frustration for us.

This huge reservoir supplies water for a town of 40,000 people, but it's been empty bone dry since January.

I've lost line of Quetta from starvation from a lot, and it's not just this spot.

The whole region is suffering from a terrible drought.

What does this all mean for the wider world?

Would it be very rude of me to ask how old you are?

We have a great flop problem with the water year.

They must go to school and we also we must watch.

We must go to work and we must cook and make food for our Children and also the washing.

I've lost nine off Keiko, yet only only myself.

99 Debt from starfish from starvation from drought Every time you come toe where they have died you heads like empathy.

Yeah, aan dat is purely because I don't have grazing for cattle anymore.

They're handing out 10 liters of water per person.

It's a big help, of course, in this neighborhood, but it's not a long term solution.

So you're helping here because the government's fails not only the government, the municipality said no plane has to solve this card and crisis warning signs would even 5 to 6 years ago, when the tram levels are dropping.

So is supposed to be found that primarily, but there was meetings off the meetings.

You're in charge, essentially of providing water to all these people.

It's It's something that you you know you're responsible for it, but there's nothing you can do people find in the middle of night.

Not a pleasant situation, but we've got to try and do what we can reason.

What happens here matters to the rest of the world.

So much is that this region is currently heating up twice the global average, two degrees warmer already within the next a few decades.

So what you have here essentially is a glimpse into the future.

But this happened and it really happened on what we seen you now eyes part of climate change and people that just get after you even countries were like lots of trucks of water.

I started realizing that suggests changing Jason, do you think perhaps giving up moving somewhere else?

Um, I I will do everything in my power not to leave, but if it really comes to that, if they start processed for another two years, I don't think they're going to be many people left here.

Where Well, where will they go and must And so a parched town waits for rain and tries to work out how to survive.

Lessons from here are urgent and familiar.