Drought in Taiwan forces water rationing in northern areas

In Taiwan, more than 1 million households will have their water cut off for two days a week in order to ration dwindling supplies. Taiwan begins water rationing amid worsening drought ://t.co/U708MCU6wp pic.twitter.com/4qnXPlqgHw -- BBC News Asia (@BBCNewsAsia) April 8, 2015 The country is experiencing its worst drought in years, with the lowest amount of rainfall since 1947, the BBC reports. The Shihmen Reservoir, which supplies the northern area of Taiwan, is said to be at only 24.56 percent o...