<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-family: arial, serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #000000; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Two idyllic South Pacific islands are facing a water crisis; they're running out of it, and fast.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-family: arial, serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #000000; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-family: arial, serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #000000; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.35; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: inherit; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 14px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none; PADDING-TOP: 0px">The island nations Tuvalu and Tokelau have declared states of emergency after six months of little or no rainfall.</p><p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.35; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: inherit; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 14px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none; PADDING-TOP: 0px">It's estimated that at the current rate of consumption the Tuvaluan atoll of Funafuti, home to 5,000 people, will run out of drinking water in two weeks. Tokelau, a territory of New Zealand with a population of 1,500, could run dry in just one. <a href="http://articles.cnn.com/2011-10-04/asia/world_asia_south-pacific-island-drought_1_tuvaluan-atoll-water-supplies?_s=PM:ASIA" title="South Pacific islands running out of water">More</a> (Source: CNN)</p></span></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p>