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#12703617

1 Sep 2025

On September 1, 2025, in Gangneung, South Korea, the Obong Reservoir in Gangwon Province reveals its parched bed as the region grapples with an extended drought. Once a vital source of tap water for local households, the reservoir's water level plummets to just 14.4 percent of its normal capacity, prompting emergency measures such as water deliveries by sprinkler trucks.

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#12703618

1 Sep 2025

On September 1, 2025, in Gangneung, South Korea, the Obong Reservoir in Gangwon Province reveals its parched bed as the region grapples with an extended drought. Once a vital source of tap water for local households, the reservoir's water level plummets to just 14.4 percent of its normal capacity, prompting emergency measures such as water deliveries by sprinkler trucks.

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#12703619

1 Sep 2025

On September 1, 2025, in Gangneung, South Korea, the Obong Reservoir in Gangwon Province reveals its parched bed as the region grapples with an extended drought. Once a vital source of tap water for local households, the reservoir's water level plummets to just 14.4 percent of its normal capacity, prompting emergency measures such as water deliveries by sprinkler trucks.

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#12703620

1 Sep 2025

Firefighters deliver water from neighboring areas to the local treatment facility in Gangneung, South Korea, on September 1, 2025, as part of emergency efforts to address the ongoing drought. The reservoir, once a vital source of tap water for local households, has its water level plummet to just 14.4 percent of its normal capacity, prompting emergency measures such as water deliveries by sprinkler trucks.

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#12703621

1 Sep 2025

Firefighters deliver water from neighboring areas to the local treatment facility in Gangneung, South Korea, on September 1, 2025, as part of emergency efforts to address the ongoing drought. The reservoir, once a vital source of tap water for local households, has its water level plummet to just 14.4 percent of its normal capacity, prompting emergency measures such as water deliveries by sprinkler trucks.

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#12703622

1 Sep 2025

Firefighters deliver water from neighboring areas to the local treatment facility in Gangneung, South Korea, on September 1, 2025, as part of emergency efforts to address the ongoing drought. The reservoir, once a vital source of tap water for local households, has its water level plummet to just 14.4 percent of its normal capacity, prompting emergency measures such as water deliveries by sprinkler trucks.

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#12703623

1 Sep 2025

Firefighters deliver water from neighboring areas to the local treatment facility in Gangneung, South Korea, on September 1, 2025, as part of emergency efforts to address the ongoing drought. The reservoir, once a vital source of tap water for local households, has its water level plummet to just 14.4 percent of its normal capacity, prompting emergency measures such as water deliveries by sprinkler trucks.

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#12703624

1 Sep 2025

Firefighters deliver water from neighboring areas to the local treatment facility in Gangneung, South Korea, on September 1, 2025, as part of emergency efforts to address the ongoing drought. The reservoir, once a vital source of tap water for local households, has its water level plummet to just 14.4 percent of its normal capacity, prompting emergency measures such as water deliveries by sprinkler trucks.

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#12703625

1 Sep 2025

Firefighters deliver water from neighboring areas to the local treatment facility in Gangneung, South Korea, on September 1, 2025, as part of emergency efforts to address the ongoing drought. The reservoir, once a vital source of tap water for local households, has its water level plummet to just 14.4 percent of its normal capacity, prompting emergency measures such as water deliveries by sprinkler trucks.

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#12590866

27 Jul 2025

The Milky Way shines above the Sau Reservoir, which now recovers to over 70% capacity after recent record rains lift a historic drought, although water levels remain below normal.

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#12590867

27 Jul 2025

The Milky Way shines above the Sau Reservoir, which now recovers to over 70% capacity after recent record rains lift a historic drought, although water levels remain below normal.

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#10156318

12 Jun 2023

The water level of the Three Gorges Reservoir drops in Yichang, Hubei province, China, June 12, 2023. According to the Yangtze River Water Resources Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources, as of June 10, the controlled reservoirs in the Yangtze River basin included in the joint operation have released a total of about 87 billion cubic meters of storage capacity below the normal storage level, 16.5 billion cubic meters more than the designed flood control storage capacity, and the overall completion of the annual flood control and fall prevention task.

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#10156320

12 Jun 2023

The water level of the Three Gorges Reservoir drops in Yichang, Hubei province, China, June 12, 2023. According to the Yangtze River Water Resources Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources, as of June 10, the controlled reservoirs in the Yangtze River basin included in the joint operation have released a total of about 87 billion cubic meters of storage capacity below the normal storage level, 16.5 billion cubic meters more than the designed flood control storage capacity, and the overall completion of the annual flood control and fall prevention task.

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#10156322

12 Jun 2023

The water level of the Three Gorges Reservoir drops in Yichang, Hubei province, China, June 12, 2023. According to the Yangtze River Water Resources Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources, as of June 10, the controlled reservoirs in the Yangtze River basin included in the joint operation have released a total of about 87 billion cubic meters of storage capacity below the normal storage level, 16.5 billion cubic meters more than the designed flood control storage capacity, and the overall completion of the annual flood control and fall prevention task.

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#10156326

12 Jun 2023

The water level of the Three Gorges Reservoir drops in Yichang, Hubei province, China, June 12, 2023. According to the Yangtze River Water Resources Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources, as of June 10, the controlled reservoirs in the Yangtze River basin included in the joint operation have released a total of about 87 billion cubic meters of storage capacity below the normal storage level, 16.5 billion cubic meters more than the designed flood control storage capacity, and the overall completion of the annual flood control and fall prevention task.

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#10156336

12 Jun 2023

The water level of the Three Gorges Reservoir drops in Yichang, Hubei province, China, June 12, 2023. According to the Yangtze River Water Resources Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources, as of June 10, the controlled reservoirs in the Yangtze River basin included in the joint operation have released a total of about 87 billion cubic meters of storage capacity below the normal storage level, 16.5 billion cubic meters more than the designed flood control storage capacity, and the overall completion of the annual flood control and fall prevention task.

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