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#Regram #RG PanosPictures: Photo by Vlad Sokhin lens_pacific: Teiwaki Teteki, 28, carries his 4-year-old son Paaia to the shore in heavy rain. Teiwaki and other passengers travelled to Taborio village from North Tarawa by "te wa uowa" (double) canoe, which is the only way to get from north of the Tarawa Atoll to the south during high tide. As El Niño continues to dominate the tropical Pacific, its impacts over Kiribati islands includes more rain and windy conditions. For nearly two years, it has been raining almost every day in the northern part of the Gilbert Islands chain. In 2015, the annual rainfall was 4 times higher than the average. Despite this, people of Kiribati have difficulties accessing clean drinking water. Most of the houses in South Tarawa don't have water tanks or gutters to collect the rain water. People usually fetch water from wells, but because of the open deification and domestic animals activity, the well water carries infections and can't be used without boilin...

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