Global warming made Horn of Africa drought possible: report
by Delphine PAYSANT / Benjamin LEGENDRE Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- A devastating drought that has struck the Horn…
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Fast-warming Europe risks more summer droughts: monitor
by Roland LLOYD PARRY Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- A fierce drought melted glaciers during Europe's hottest recorded summer…
3 years ago
Water rationed in Catalonia as drought bites deeper
L' Espluga de Francolí, Spain | AFP | by Rosa SULLEIRO For months, residents of L'Espluga de Francoli have…
3 years ago
‘Flash drought’ frequency increasing due to climate change: study
by Lucie AUBOURG Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Dry-spells known as flash droughts, with a surprisingly rapid onset…
3 years ago
Somalia drought could lead to 135 deaths a day: UN study
The record drought sweeping the Horn of Africa may lead to 135 deaths a day in Somalia between January and…
3 years ago
Argentina forests burn amid heat wave, drought
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- Fires in heat wave- and drought-stricken Argentina have devoured some 6,000 hectares (14,800 acres) of…
3 years ago
Nearly 130,000 facing starvation in Horn of Africa: WHO
Nearly 130,000 people in the Greater Horn of Africa are "staring death in the eyes" from catastrophic hunger, the World…
3 years ago
Plentiful water offers relief in Vienna
VIENNA, Austria (AFP) - As Europe suffered its worst drought in centuries, residents in Austria's capital were feeling fortunate for…
4 years ago
Drought decimates Texas’ key cotton crop
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - On Sutton Page's ravaged cotton fields, there is almost nothing left to pick. The Texas…
4 years ago
Around 730 children dead in Somalia nutrition centres: UN
By Agence France Presse Around 730 children have died in nutrition centres across Somalia since January, the United Nations…
4 years ago
Dying of hunger: What is a famine?
Nairobi, Kenya (AFP) by Simon VALMARY On Monday, the UN's humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths warned that Somalia was on…
4 years ago
UN warns famine ‘at the door’ in Somalia
Nairobi, Kenya (AFP) by Tanya WILLMER The UN's humanitarian chief warned Monday that drought-ravaged Somalia was on the brink of…
4 years ago
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