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Spanish farmers pray for rain amid drought

27 March 2023
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2023-03-27 11:24

Near three hundred people gathered in the village of L'Espunyola in Catalonia to attend a special mass asking for rains to come.

The eastern Spanish region is among the worst affected by a severe drought that has hit the whole of the Mediterranean country.Agrotourism and farming are the primary sources of income for the 260 inhabitants of L'Espunyola.Spain has officially entered a period of long-term drought at the end of last year due to high temperatures and low rainfall over the past three years.

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