Milan turns off fountains as Italy warns of more water rationing to fight drought
by Angela Giuffrida in Rome from World news | The Guardian on (#60T7X)
About half of city's decorative fountains targeted amid state of emergency in Lombardy region
Authorities in Milan are turning off public fountains amid warnings of daytime water rationing as Italy battles one of its worst droughts in decades.
The measure, which comes after the wider Lombardy region declared a state of emergency, targets about half of the city's 100 decorative fountains, with the plug already pulled on several over the weekend and the rest to be switched off in the coming days.
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