'Really Bad' Tuvalu Water Crisis May Point To Global Problems

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Friday, October 14, 2011
FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu -- Palelei Tovia recalls how Tuvalu islanders used to survive droughts with all-night vigils at wells to collect precious fresh water during the moments it seeped into the shafts.
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