15 MAY 1998. VIETNAM: DROUGHT AND HYDROPOWER

The Honolulu Advertiser reports that the Hoa Binh reservoir has dropped to 274 feet in the current ENSO drought. If the water level drops another 28 feet, the hydroelectric plant will be unable to function. Seventy percent of the country's power comes from hydro sources and production is threatened in what has become the country's worse drought in a century.

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