Independent voices from the TWT Communities
Palelei Tovia recalls how Tuvalu islanders used to survive droughts with all-night vigils at wells to collect precious fresh water during the moments it seeped into the shafts.
"Clearly one of the issues for all coral atolls is the limited fresh water available," said Ian Fry, a climate lecturer at National University of Australia who also works as an international environmental officer for the Tuvalu government. "It's one of the greatest problems."
"Rain is such a random event there," he said. "There's no geographical feature to trap the precipitation going past."
