drought

40 million more faced acute hunger in 2021: UN

  The number of people facing hunger rose to 193 million last year as conflict, climate change and economic crises…

Climate change creating new virus hotspots ‘in our backyard’

  by Daniel Lawler Agence France Presse Climate change will drive animals towards cooler areas where their first encounters with…

Water supply fears as Morocco hit by worst drought since 1980s

by Ismail Bellaouali Agence France-Presse RABAT, Morocco (AFP) - As Morocco withers under its worst drought in 40 years, experts…

Morocco announces $1 billion drought relief plan

RABAT, Morocco (AFP) - Morocco said Wednesday it will launch a nearly $1 billion aid programme to help its agriculture…

Climate-boosted drought in western US worst in 1,200 years

by Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) - The megadrought that has parched southwestern United States and parts of…

Spain, Portugal hit by winter drought

by Levi FERNANDES Agence France-Presse PAMPILHOSA DA SERRA, Portugal (AFP) - In central Portugal, a sustained drought has revealed the…

Livelihoods lost as climate disaster woes mount in Kenya

by Raphael AMBASU, with Hillary ORINDE in Nairobi Agence France-Presse MARSABIT, Kenya (AFP) - Dabaso Galgalo is now used to the…

Firefighters battle forest blazes in Argentina

BARILOCHE, Argentina (AFP) - With temperatures climbing upwards, firefighters were deployed ahead of the weekend to forest fires in nine…

Drought, overpumping cut Morocco river link to sea

by Kaouthar Oudrhiri SAIDIA, Morocco (AFP) -- Moroccan environmentalist Mohamed Benata stood taking photos of what should be the mouth…

Climate change and fires: Bolivia’s forests in peril

by Martín SILVA Agence France-Presse Santo Corazón, Bolivia (AFP) - The road through San Matias, Bolivia, is a no man's…

Madagascar: Severe drought could spur world’s first climate change famine

21 October 2021 More than one million people in southern Madagascar are struggling to get enough to eat, due to what could become…

Tehran suffering worst drought in 50 years: water official

TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) - Iran's capital is suffering its worst drought in half a century, a water resources official said…

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