Chile's record-breaking drought makes climate change 'very easy' to see

A cow is seen on a land that used to be filled with water, at the Aculeo Lagoon in Paine, Chile January 9, 2019. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A punishing, decade-long drought in Chile has gone from bad to worse due to a scorching July, a month which typically brings midwinter weather showering the capital Santiago in rain and snow.

But a lack of precipitation this year has left the towering and typically snowcapped Andes above the city mostly bare, reservoir levels low and farm fields parched. The scenes, government officials say, are clear evidence of global warming.