The Washington Post, March 25th, 1987
Already troubled by economic crisis and costly food imports, Egypt is facing what experts term a natural catastrophe as the African drought continues to reduce the flow of the mighty Nile River to its lowest levels in this century. Five dry years in the watersheds of Ethiopia and equatorial Africa have slowly evaporated the Nile's water sources and caused a precipitous drop, nearly 70 feet, in the level of Lake Nasser, Egypt's strategic water reservoir trapped behind the Aswan High Dam. Lake Nasser is hovering near the low-water mark it hit in August 1985 and the decreased pressure on the dam ...
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