00:00France's drought crisis is refusing to let go, even as summer turns to fall.
00:05Right now, 64,000 people across the country still depend on tanker trucks or bottled water
00:11just to drink, cook, and wash, according to France's ecological transition minister.
00:16On top of that, another 6.4 million people are living with tap water that technically still runs.
00:22But officials warn the underlying water resource is under real strain.
00:26France's National Geological Survey found 61% of the country's water tables
00:31sitting below average for early September,
00:34with hardest-hit zones stretching across the north, the west coast, and the southwest near Bordeaux.
00:40Nearly half of France's smaller rivers and streams are thought to have dried up completely over the summer,
00:45and there's no relief coming soon,
00:47with forecasters seeing roughly two weeks of no significant rain ahead,
00:52meaning reservoirs will likely keep dropping before things get better.
00:55The government says water restrictions on everything from watering gardens to washing cars
01:00could stretch well into winter for millions of residents.
01:04Disclosure.
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01:09So let's go to the Maisie Elmerville…
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