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by Marion Thibaut NONTHABURI, Thailand (AFP) — Thailand has long served as one of the globe’s main rice bowls, but chronic water shortages are pushing the country to move away from a grain that dominates its fields and has defined a way of life for generations. Laddawan Kamsong has spent the past forty years coaxing rice from her plot in central Thailand, but she is tired of watching her farmland squeezed dry by increasingly […]
According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), 13 provinces in Mindanao, 13 provinces in Visayas and three provinces in Luzon will experience drought while 15 provinces will experience dry spell this February due to the effects of El Niño. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/HcJW_TPUbjI
MANILA, Sep. 6 (Eagle News) –The Department of Agriculture (DA) has a comprehensive El Niño response plan in case the weather disturbance affects the country. Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr., said this as he tried to dispel public fears on an impending severe drought, In an interview over government-run radip station DZRB, Coloma said DA’s El Niño action plan has two features: production support and water management. The plan also includes an information and communication program or […]
QUEZON City, Philippines, July 30 (Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) warned against the coming of the worst drought that the country will experience in 17 years come the last quarter of 2015. Said drought is due to the effects of the El Niño phenomenon. Said drought will start in November and will last till May of next year. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
THE record-breaking California drought has snapped communities into taking action to conserve water, and Los Angeles is leading the pack with a team of “water cops” dispatched to educate residents about what they can do to help. Rick Silva, a water conservation supervisor for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, has been driving around the city to inform residents when they might in violation of water conservation ordinances. “We’re not looking to get […]
