Water users urged to prepare for drought conditions
The already exceptionally low level of the Mekong and some of its tributaries is expected to become lower still as October is just the start of the dry season, according to a senior official in charge of river flow monitoring.
“The rainy season has come to an end so from now on the water level in the Mekong and some of its tributaries will continue to fall,” Deputy Director General of the Meterology and Hydrology Department, Ms Outhone Phetluangsy, told Vientiane Times on Thursday.
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