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MANILA, Philippines -- A water shortage in Manila has prompted authorities to reduce supplies to some of the city's 10 million residents and tell them to avoid baths and washing their cars.
The northern Philippines would normally have been hit by about two tropical cyclones already this season, replenishing water supplies at Angat Dam, but there haven't been any yet, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources said.
``We recognize we now have a water shortage,'' the department said.
The department said it was forced to reduce supply to an estimated 480,000 people, or 80,000 households, by 5 percent. It said it expects the situation to improve with the onset of rains in the second half of May.
``Do not use bath tubs. Don't wash your vehicles daily,'' water authorities told the public in a statement.
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo assured ``there is no cause for alarm,'' saying in a statement that authorities were working on plans to help farmers with irrigation.
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