Michele Kambas is a senior correspondent in Cyprus, where she has worked for Reuters since 1995. A British national, she has lived on the east Mediterranean island for 20 years. In the following story slugged CYPRUS-WATER/ and headlined "WITNESS-Dreaming of a long shower in parched Cyprus", she recounts the upheaval caused by stringent water rationing and one of the worst droughts on record.

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