Thirsty families scoop up pools in Basra streets
An eyewitness said: "People were gathering water from the streets with whatever they could find the situation looked desperate. I saw families scooping up water in buckets from roadside puddles and ditches from the storms the night before.
"Others were pouring it into wheelbarrows and whatever they could find to get it home. On one street I saw what looked like a burst water pipe with people scrambling all over it trying to fill buckets and bowls. This is clearly becoming a very serious problem that will worsen by the hour until more supplies are restored."
