Leersum Lake Disappeared Due to Drought: 'You Hear It Crunching Under Your Feet'

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One of the Leersum Lakes has disappeared due to the drought. "Three or four weeks ago, there was still just water here," says forest ranger Sabrina Veltman to RTV Utrecht. Now the entire lake has evaporated, leaving only a layer of hardened mud. "You can just hear it crunching under your feet." The drought resulting from the precipitation deficit and evaporation is being felt throughout the Netherlands. But the fact that one of the lakes in th…