Image: ReutersThe pink hue of Western Senegal’s Lac Rose once drew thousands of tourists from all over the world to its salt-laden shores.
Everything changed last September when torrential rains hit the nearby capital Dakar and swept flood waters towards the lake, tearing a wide channel in its bank. “It was the pink colour that brought the visitors,” says student Abdou Dieng, whose small campsite remains under water. “The over-salinisation of the water also allowed visitors to float on top of the lake like in the Dead Sea. Currently, we have no customers.”
این خبر را خلاصه کرده ایم تا بتوانید سریع آن را بخوانید. اگر به خبر علاقه مند هستید، می توانید متن کامل را اینجا بخوانید. ادامه مطلب: