As Corpus Christi edges closer to an unprecedented water shortage, the crisis is spreading, as at least six dependent municipalities in the surrounding Coastal Bend region have issued emergency declarations. Because 20 neighboring communities rely entirely on the larger city's rapidly depleting reservoirs, local leaders are raising the alarm, expressing fears that they are being abandoned by county and state authorities as they scramble to secure viable backup water sources.Meanwhile, experts and local officials warn that the sheer severity of the drought in Corpus Christi is still being underestimated by the public.Iran War Triggers National Fluoride ShortageThe ongoing war in Iran
