Sicilians are coping so well with drought that tourists don’t notice. A record-breaking dry year could change that

AGRIGENTO, Italy (AP) - Lakes are dry and fields are scorched by the heat in Sicily, but water still flows abundantly for tourists.

After a virtually rainless year on the Italian island, the fountains in Agrigento's famous archaeological park are still flowing and hotel pools are full.

Like many Mediterranean islands, people in Sicily are used to long periods without rain, but human-induced climate change has made the weather more erratic and droughts can be longer and more frequent. Islanders are surviving as they have for decades: storing as much water as they can in reservoirs and using tankers to ...