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Arid Cyprus Gets Major Boost from Recent Rainfall

AP Photo/Petros Karadjias
A rainbow is seen behind a steeple of a Christian orthodox church after heavy rainfall in Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. A low pressure system lingering over Cyprus has brought low temperatures, rain showers and snow in the mountains.
This winter’s rainfall is a “huge injection” to the island’s reservoirs, Director of the Water Development Department (WDD), Kyriacos Kyrou, has said, adding that water reserves in the country’s dams have reached 73.9% of their total capacity.

In an interview with CNA, Kyrou said that precipitation this January was the highest Cyprus has experi

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