Amid persistent drought, Spain's "city with the highest rainfall" faces a water crisis.

According to information from the Spanish side on November 3 local time, Vigo, a major city in Galicia known as "Spain's city with the highest precipitation," is facing a severe water resource crisis. Affected by persistent drought and a sharp reduction in rainfall, water storage in the area's main reservoirs has fallen sharply, triggering a fierce dispute between local government and the regional government over whether to declare a "state of emergency." It is reported that the Eiras Reservoir, the main water source for Vigo and a total of nine surrounding municipalities, has seen its water storage drop to an extremely low level of 33.6%, while in the same period last year the figure was as high as 77.3%. Vigo Mayor Abel Caballero publicly warned that at the current rate of consumption, the city's high-quality drinking water with full quality assurance can last only 22 days. Caballero sharply criticized the Galician regional government for not yet placing the area under a "state of emergency" and called on higher-level authorities to take immediate substantive intervention measures.