![Fernando Vergara Residents line up to collect water from a truck during water rationing in La Calera, on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Amid a drought linked to the El Niño weather pattern, several regions of Colombia have adopted measures to curb water consumption while reservoirs are low. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/daeb49fc96524de98093d89d686301ff/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Residents line up to collect water from a truck during water rationing in La Calera, on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Amid a drought linked to the El Niño weather pattern, several regions of Colombia have adopted measures to curb water consumption while reservoirs are low. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
![Dolores Ochoa A customer shops for clothes in a store without electricity due to a programed power cut ordered by the ministry of energy, in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Ecuador faces electricity rationing due to a prolonged drought and high temperatures that have reduced flows to the main hydroelectric plants. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/20632272953b46d78d7856b00c2dc65c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A customer shops for clothes in a store without electricity due to a programed power cut ordered by the ministry of energy, in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Ecuador faces electricity rationing due to a prolonged drought and high temperatures that have reduced flows to the main hydroelectric plants. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
![Dolores Ochoa A woman runs across an avenue where traffic lights are not working due to a programed power cut ordered by the ministry of energy, in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Ecuador faces electricity rationing due to a prolonged drought and high temperatures that have reduced flows to the main hydroelectric plants. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/5b608da6ae324e269356b17d1475dac3/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A woman runs across an avenue where traffic lights are not working due to a programed power cut ordered by the ministry of energy, in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Ecuador faces electricity rationing due to a prolonged drought and high temperatures that have reduced flows to the main hydroelectric plants. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
![Dolores Ochoa A seller waits for customers despite not having electricity due to a programed power cut by the ministry of energy, in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Ecuador faces electricity rationing due to a prolonged drought and high temperatures that have reduced flows to the main hydroelectric plants. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/687bedfb19ba4322897db3c9e536889f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A seller waits for customers despite not having electricity due to a programed power cut by the ministry of energy, in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Ecuador faces electricity rationing due to a prolonged drought and high temperatures that have reduced flows to the main hydroelectric plants. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
![Fernando Vergara Youths line up to collect water from a truck during water rationing in La Calera, on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Amid a drought linked to the El Niño weather pattern, several regions of Colombia have adopted measures to curb water consumption while reservoirs are low. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ba5a64a657d24b50a0483cf640dcfc5e/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Youths line up to collect water from a truck during water rationing in La Calera, on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Amid a drought linked to the El Niño weather pattern, several regions of Colombia have adopted measures to curb water consumption while reservoirs are low. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
![Dolores Ochoa A woman lights candles in her store after a programed power cut ordered by the ministry of energy, in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Ecuador faces electricity rationing due to a prolonged drought and high temperatures that have reduced flows to the main hydroelectric plants. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/07ce0b354672429482e0bfc4fb853f22/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A woman lights candles in her store after a programed power cut ordered by the ministry of energy, in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Ecuador faces electricity rationing due to a prolonged drought and high temperatures that have reduced flows to the main hydroelectric plants. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
![Fernando Vergara Residents line up to collect water from a truck amid water rationing in La Calera, on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Amid a drought linked to the El Niño weather pattern, several regions of Colombia have adopted measures to curb water consumption while reservoirs are low. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1a25f3d6c32d4da7bf64b98aba977271/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Residents line up to collect water from a truck amid water rationing in La Calera, on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Amid a drought linked to the El Niño weather pattern, several regions of Colombia have adopted measures to curb water consumption while reservoirs are low. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
![Dolores Ochoa Restaurant employees carry on with their work using manual kitchen tools due to power cuts ordered by the ministry of energy, in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Ecuador has started to ration electricity in its main cities as a drought linked to the El Niño weather pattern depletes reservoirs and limits output at hydroelectric plants. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/7201f9bbec984d4a983196999529528e/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Restaurant employees carry on with their work using manual kitchen tools due to power cuts ordered by the ministry of energy, in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Ecuador has started to ration electricity in its main cities as a drought linked to the El Niño weather pattern depletes reservoirs and limits output at hydroelectric plants. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
![Fernando Vergara Residents collect water from a truck amid water rationing in La Calera, on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Amid a drought linked to the El Niño weather pattern, several regions of Colombia have adopted measures to curb water consumption while reservoirs are low. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ef8a55355cf248078c5912414d3aa6a6/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Residents collect water from a truck amid water rationing in La Calera, on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Amid a drought linked to the El Niño weather pattern, several regions of Colombia have adopted measures to curb water consumption while reservoirs are low. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
![Fernando Vergara Residents carry a bucket of water to their home after filling it at a water distribution truck while water is rationed in La Calera, on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Amid a drought linked to the El Niño weather pattern, several regions of Colombia have adopted measures to curb water consumption while reservoirs are low. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a086f44ff2dc4ee0b560bf3461707ef0/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Residents carry a bucket of water to their home after filling it at a water distribution truck while water is rationed in La Calera, on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Amid a drought linked to the El Niño weather pattern, several regions of Colombia have adopted measures to curb water consumption while reservoirs are low. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
![Fernando Vergara Residents line up to collect water from a truck during water rationing in La Calera, on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Amid a drought linked to the El Niño weather pattern, several regions of Colombia have adopted measures to curb water consumption while reservoirs are low. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e84301b1796548298a2e8a37fb915dde/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Residents line up to collect water from a truck during water rationing in La Calera, on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Amid a drought linked to the El Niño weather pattern, several regions of Colombia have adopted measures to curb water consumption while reservoirs are low. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)