The largest city in Australia, Sydney, is set to run out of water by 2022 warned a CNN affiliate which was confirmed by the Water Minister of New South Wales (NSW), Melinda Pavey

It is only Spring in NSW and already the region suffers from a crippling, according to CNN, drought and ferocious bushfires that are terrorizing residents and has “

people, than during the entire fire season last year — even before summer truly begins”. NSW is not the only province suffering from these natural disasters that have been supercharged by man made climate change. Unfortunately, when summer begins on December 1, conditions will deteriorate even further.

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Water levels in Sydney are reaching critical lows, with experts fearing dams could run dry by 2022. The harbour city could face Level 2 water restrictions within a matter of weeks, should dam levels drop another 6.6 per cent.

Level 1 water restrictions were implemented on June 1. They’re working, too, with a ten per cent reduction in average water usage. But that isn’t enough to outweigh the rapid slide in water storage levels, falling by half a per cent every week. The trigger for Level 2 water restrictions is 40 per cent, with water levels currently sitting at about 46 per cent.

Drought will become more devastating for wildlife, livestock, and humans alike. Evapotranspiration rates will soar, conditions will worsen.

Macro Business raised my eyebrows a bit in what read to me like blaming immigrants (most of whom are Asian) for the water shortages. The water crisis is popping up all over continental Australia and, scientists blame global heating, not immigration for the historic drought. The article is kind of ugly really, and raises my fears that the blaming of others has begun as climate impacts begin to surface. After all, “climate-related displacement and migration are set to be the greatest challenge of our era.” Witnessing how nations are losing their frigging minds over immigration today, this is not a sign for optimism on how we will handle this growing and ominous planet-wide problem.