Milton grew quickly into a Category 5 storm Monday morning and is forecast to make landfall in Florida midweek.
Residents of Borgarfjörður Eystri have had to boil their drinking water for two weeks due to coliform bacteria in their water sources. “This has probably come about because of soil subsidence [sinking ground] in the wet land in that area,” stated Glúmur Björnsson, a geologist at utilities contractor HEF Veitur.
“We spent the weekend outdoors camping on the peninsula and notices shoreline grasses has dried and shriveled.”
About a year ago, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation tested Cold Bay’s water wells for PFAS, and the results came back well above the levels recommended for human consumption. Cold Bay closed the wells for drinking when the test results came back, and the Eastern Aleutian community has relied on state-provided bottled water ever since.
"In our country Afghanistan I have observed that the level of water is decreasing day by day."
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