Im sumi so much going to thank you so much for joining us on news asia today well we start with the heat wave that continues to batter india extreme temperatures across the north and the east of the country have cost hundreds of deaths in the south the searing hot spell has led to severe water shortages the situation has reached a crisis point in chennai this is india 6th biggest city chennais 4 main water reservoirs have dried up take a look at the satellite images from one year ago you can see the water levels there and this is what it looks like now residents are desperate for rain but monsoon season and will not do isnt supposed to come until late in the fall locals are now blaming authorities for failing to recognize the shortage and deal with it early on. Barren and almost bone dry this reservoir is down to its last one percent of water. A shepherd has led his animals to the last few drops. And this is what Red Hills Lake should look like. But now an acute drought has crippled ch
And cutting down their ride to school and back every day. Im sumi so much going to thank you so much for joining us on dia news asia today. Well we start with the heat wave that continues to batter india extreme temperatures across the north and the east of the country have caused hundreds of deaths in the south the searing hot spell has led to severe water shortages the situation has reached a crisis point in chennai this is india 6th biggest city chennais 4 main water reservoirs have dried up take a look at the satellite image from one year ago you can see the water levels there and this is what it looks like now residents are desperate for rain but monsoon season and that will not it isnt supposed to come until late in the fall locals are now blending authorities for failing to recognize the shortage and deal with it early on. An almost bone dry this reservoir is done to its last one percent of water. A shepherd has led his animals to the last few drops. And this is what red his lak
Federal Aviation Administration began to fear an actual commercial jetliner could be next the f. A. A. Says the nearest civil aircraft was around 80 kilometers away when the strike happened in the busy section of sky it clearly thinks thats too close for comfort and is banned u. S. Registered planes from flying over rainy administered waters in the persian gulf and go for them on warning they could be mistakenly attacked that warning has been heeded by other carriers around the World Malaysia Airlines is rerouting flights that would normally pass through the area including its service between london and kuala lumpur. Other airlines feeling sufficiently alarmed to follow suit includes germanys australias quantas k l m of the netherlands and British Airways they all say theyll divert around the area effecting some long haul flights between western europe and parts of asia and australia at the same Time United Airlines has canceled all flights between new york among by until further notic
Im sumi so much got to thank you so much for joining us on news asia today well we start with the heat wave that continues to batter india extreme temperatures across the north and the east of the country have caused hundreds of deaths in the south the searing hot spell has led to severe water shortages the situation has reached a crisis point in chennai this is india 6th biggest city chennais 4 main water reservoirs have dried up take a look at the satellite images from one year ago you can see the water levels there and this is what it looks like now residents are desperate for rain but monsoon season and will not do isnt supposed to come until late in the fall locals are now blaming authorities for failing to recognize the shortage and deal with it early on. Barren and almost bone dry this reservoir is down to its last one percent of water. A shepherd has led his animals to the last few drops. And this is what Red Hills Lake should look like. But now an acute drought has crippled ch
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