At the beginning of July, water levels at the Mornos Reservoir around 200 kilometers west of Athens, the main water source for the Attica region surrounding the capital, were down 30 percent from the same period last year. The Greek islands are in the front line when it comes to water stress. As the country enters its peak tourist season and boreholes dry up, the islands of Leros and Sifnos are already facing a state of emergency, while water reserves are at or below safe limits on Naxos, Serifos, Mykonos, Lefkada and Santorini. After Greece's warmest winter and earliest heat wave on record, a

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At the beginning of July, water levels at the Mornos Reservoir around 200 kilometers west of Athens, the main water source for the Attica region surrounding the capital, were down 30 percent from the same period last year. The Greek islands are in the front line when it comes to water stress. As the country enters its peak tourist season and boreholes dry up, the islands of Leros and Sifnos are already facing a state of emergency, while water reserves are at or below safe limits on Naxos, Serifos, Mykonos, Lefkada and Santorini. After Greece's warmest winter and earliest heat wave on record, authorities are sounding the alarm over the risk of dire water shortages in the heat of the Mediterranean summer.

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