In drought-stricken Sri Lanka, farmers watch wells empty and wildlife crowd shrinking water holes

MEDIRIGIRIYA, Sri Lanka: When the decades-long civil war that forced Samantha Pushpakumara from his village in north-central Sri Lanka ended, he was finally able to return home to a life of farming that he thought would give his family a stable future. That was until the rains didn’t come. Sri Lanka has been mired in drought for months, leading to severe water shortages that have left reservoirs d