Much later than hoped and certainly much needed, it is finally raining.
With some water reserves down below 20% of their normal capacity things were getting desperate in places. We´ve seen news reports about some areas being the driest in living memory.
We are fortunate here in Fundão to be in a built up area and we have 'mains' water but not far out of town are many areas where water is taken from a well or borehole.