Borneo drought leaves villagers without water as peat fires spread

Borneo drought leaves villagers without water as peat fires spread

Three months without rain have reduced Borneo's Kapuas River to a muddy trickle, forcing families in Penyeladi village to buy drinking water. Experts blame this year's super El Niño, worsened by decades of peatland drainage for palm oil and pulpwood plantations. Dried peat is fueling underground fires that are hard to extinguish.

Source: AP News

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