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Drought

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California continues to be impacted by atmospheric river events that are pummeling the state with heavy rains, high winds and snow. Getty / AFP
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Historic weather eases drought in California but water woes continue

USMarch 22, 2023
A mother and children displaced by drought outside a temporary shelter on the outskirts of Baidoa, in Somalia. AP

Somalia drought kills 43,000 people, 20,000 of them children

AfricaMarch 21, 2023
It has been decades since California has seen such a deluge of snow. AFP
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Half of California free of drought after heavy rain and snow

USMarch 02, 2023
Expo City Dubai is looking for entrepreneurs with solutions to combat climate change that will be displayed at the Expo Live Good Place pavilion in Dubai. Photo: Expo 2020 Dubai
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Expo City Dubai launches search for green start-ups to showcase at Cop28

Cop28February 26, 2023
Namibian President Hage Geingob, centre, his wife Monica Geingos, right, and US first lady Jill Biden at the State House in Windhoek. AFP
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Jill Biden welcomed in Namibia by President Geingob and first lady

USFebruary 22, 2023
The series of storms that have struck California have poured water on a state mired in a years-long drought. AP
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Will the California storms end the state's extreme drought?

USJanuary 11, 2023
The San Ysidro creek on Jameson Lane overflowed and contributed to the Highway 101 closure in Montecito. AP
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Floods, mudslides and power cuts plague California

USJanuary 10, 2023
'We like to have a minimum of 150 to 200 bushels of corn per acre,' says Mike Lutmer. 'If we average a little over 100 this year, we’ll probably be lucky.' Photo: Stephen Starr
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The great American drought - and how the Middle East will suffer

WeekendDecember 16, 2022
An agricultural field worked by Othman Cheikh Idriss, a 60-year-old Sudanese farmer, in the capital Khartoum's district of Jureif Gharb. AFP

Sudan’s militias turn to illegal logging in vital forests

MENANovember 17, 2022
The bones of livestock lie scattered at a camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia. AP
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East Africa's drought likely to kill one person every 36 seconds

AfricaOctober 14, 2022

Climate change made 2022 drought 'at least 20 times likelier'

EuropeOctober 06, 2022
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Record temperatures in July in the UK left rivers at exceptionally low levels, and caused depleted reservoirs and dried-out soil. AFP

Drought orders imposed in England

UKAugust 30, 2022
Asaja, a farmers' organisation, estimated Spain would produce about 1 million tonnes of olive oil. AFP/fie

Trouble for Spain’s 'green gold' as olive crop yield down by one-third

EuropeAugust 30, 2022
Submerged Gary Qasruka village, abandoned 36 years ago, is resurfacing because of a large drop in water level of the Dohuk Dam in the northern Iraqi city of Dohuk in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region. All photos: AFP
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Staggering images of the submerged Gary Qasruka village in Iraq

MENAAugust 29, 2022
A corn crop in Nance County, Nebraska, struggles to grow in drought conditions. Reuters

Global food prices under pressure as drought conditions deteriorate

EconomyAugust 28, 2022
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