Colombians told to shower with a partner as drought hits capital water supplies

Bogota brings in water rationing with El Nino weather phenomenon meaning city could run out in under two months

Couples in Bogota are being asked to shower together as water supplies are rationed in the Colombian capital.

Major neighbourhoods were cut off from the water grid on Thursday to preserve dangerously low water levels at reservoirs that have been starved of rain by the weather phenomenon known as El Nino.