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Drone shows Italy's drought-hit longest river

STORY: The river, which runs for more than 650 kilometers from west to east across the north of the country, is suffering the extreme effects of a lack of winter snow compounded by a baking early summer.

Last month Italy declared a state of emergency for areas surrounding the Po, which accounts for more than a third of the country's agricultural production in the 30,000 km2 surrounding the river, the largest cultivated area in Italy.