A die-off of epic proportions has wiped out the whole fish population in a reservoir in Dong Nai province, southern Vietnam, raising alarms over the temperatures rising to unprecedented highs causing serious environmental changes in Southeast Asia.
Hit by a massive heatwave, fishermen are working against the clock to gather the hundreds of thousands of dead fish — around 200 tonnes — covering the 300-hectare Song May reservoir.
Vietnam’s southern region experienced a terrible drought in April, with temperatures soaring to 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), distressing the farmers trying to sustain their crops
Local residents and media are attributing the fish die-off to the drought, heatwave, and last but not the least the issues with the reservoir management.
Recent images show fish stacked on top of each other, covered in mud, desiccated, and disintegrating.
As there has been no rainfall for weeks, it is being theorised that he lake’s water level was too low for the animals to survive.
