Puerto Rico Water Crisis Deepens | Lexington News

Lexington News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 7, 2026 · 1m

Puerto Rico is hitting emergency mode as it begins water rationing for San Juan and surrounding cities, affecting 180,000 residents who’ll face two-day water outages amid a brutal drought and scorching heat. July shattered records as the driest and second-hottest month in over a century, with nearly half the island in drought—conditions forecast to linger until at least September. Governor’s blunt: “It’s out of our hands.” But locals say shortages have been grinding on for months before this official measure. Emergency water trucks are rolling out, prioritizing hospitals and elderly homes…