# In El Niño-hit Sri Lanka, wells run dry as drought deepens

https://mins.news/en/item/43382

- Reuters, 2026-09-03 08:50 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/el-nino-hit-sri-lanka-wells-run-dry-farmer-incomes-shrink-drought-deepens-2026-09-03/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a9934c26f821100011653d2

> Sri Lankan farmer A.M. Pathmasena says his well has become so dry for the first time in more than three decades that it barely supplies enough water for his family and two cows. He is among those affected by one of the country’s worst El Niño-driven droughts.

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