With the climate crisis causing weather conditions to remain above seasonal norms and a decrease in precipitation, the occupancy rate of Istanbul's dams has fallen to 17.5 percent.
Issuing warnings on the matter via his social media account, Prof. Dr. Levent Kurnaz stated the following:
"The dams on the European side of Istanbul are almost completely empty; we are trying to manage with water coming from Melen. We should have started saving months ago. The time for rain prayers was a month ago. Please keep this issue on the agenda; our water is gone now..."
The dams on the European side of Istanbul are almost completely empty; we are trying to manage with water coming from Melen. We should have started saving months ago. The time for rain prayers was a month ago. Please keep this issue on the agenda; our water is gone now... pic.twitter.com/wo0DLfZGHM
— Levent Kurnaz (@leventkurnaz) November 5, 2023
News Source: 12punto
