Drought

French potato crop to shrink by 23% after severe weather

France’s main potato crop is expected to fall 23% this year, or by about 2 million metric tons, after exceptionally hot and dry summer weather, the growers’ group UNPT said.…

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Sicily issues red heat alerts for Palermo and Catania as wildfire risk rises

Sicily remained under intense heat and heightened wildfire risk on Tuesday as regional authorities issued a new civil protection alert covering the next 24 hours. The Sicilian Civil Protection Department…

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Greek islands face drought as tourist season hits

Seven Greek islands in the Aegean Sea have declared drought emergencies this year to preserve water as climate change makes summers hotter and rainfall more erratic. Now, authorities are wondering…

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Cyprus Reservoirs Near Record Lows as Drought Persists

Cyprus warned the population of severe water shortages as reservoir levels plunged to just 16% of capacity amid the island’s worst drought in years. The Water Development Department said inflow…

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Sicily faces severe drought

he severe drought that Sicily is experiencing is a "national emergency", Deputy Premier and Transport and Infrastructure Minister Matteo Salvini told a question-time session in the Lower House on Wednesday.He…

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Morocco to spend $1 bln to mitigate drought impact- palace

RABAT, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Morocco will spend 10 billion dirhams ($ 1.07 bln) on a national plan to mitigate the impact of drought on farmers and the economy, the royal palace…

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More than 2 million expected to go hungry in Somalia

Somalia’s 2019 cereal harvest is the poorest the country has seen since 2011, when famine strained already scarce resources, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), announced, blaming unreliable weather patterns and “climatic shocks”. Delayed…

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Sydney running out of water due to drought

Australia’s biggest city Sydney is running down its water supply at the fastest rate on record with dams expected to fall below half maximum capacity due to the worst drought…

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Photo Story: Drought in Germany

Steamboats sit on the dried-out Elbe riverbed in front of the Academy of Fine Arts in central Dresden, 10 July 2019. Elbe water level dropped to extreme low level as…

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Photo Story – Philippine draught

A Filipino boy takes a bath inside a water container along a street in Manila, Philippines, 12 March 2019. Philippine government advised the public to conserve water due to low…

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