Tuvalu drought eases with rainy season

Updated December 12, 2011 09:12:36

The Tuvalu Red Cross say while the country still has concerns about fresh water supplies, the start of the rainy season has helped ease water shortages.

Early this year Tuvalu ran out of fresh water, with the Australia and New Zealand defence forces having to provide desalination plants to ensure supplies. But the Secretary General of the Tuvalu Red Cross, Tatuau Pese says with the rain arriving most families now have supplies, and this along with improvements in water storage, means the threat has gone.

Presenter Campbell Cooney

Secretary General of the Tuvalu Red Cross Tatuau Pese

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