Drought

Drought
A flood victim wades through flood water, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Bajara village, Sehwan, Pakistan, on 31 August, 2022.

From Pakistan to Texas, big rains after extreme heat deliver double punch

Extreme heat and extreme rainfall are closely related - and being gassed-up by climate change

Cracks can be seen in the dried up bed of Tittesworth Reservoir, in Leek, Britain, on 12 August, 2022.

England faces longer, drier summers

Climate change was spurring earlier springs in North America and causing many birds to lay their eggs earlier in the year

A view of pagodas on Louxingdun island that usually remain partially submerged under the water of Poyang Lake which is facing low water levels due to a regional drought in Lushan, Jiangxi province, China, 24 August, 2022.

China's shrinking 'kidney' lake lays bare climate challenges

This year, the lake has shrunk far earlier than usual and is just a fifth of its size of a few months ago

This photograph taken on 23 August, 2022, shows boarding pontoons on the Serre-Poncon lake in Ubaye Serre-Ponçon, in the French Alps as water levels decreased 14 meters due to the drought

Europe faces strongest drought over last 500 years: Researchers

Europe is probably facing the most severe drought over the last 500 years, the Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission said on Tuesday

A picture taken on 21 August, 2022 shows the low waters of lake Serre-Poncon in Ubaye Serre-Poncon in French Alps as water level decreased 14 meters due to the drought.

Severe drought in Europe is 'worsening': EU experts

Nearly half of the EU's territory is at risk of drought while shriveling rivers and shrinking water sources are impacting energy generation at power plants and reducing crops, stated European Union's ...

Officially known as the Dolmen of Guadalperal, the stone circle currently sits fully exposed in one corner of the Valdecanas reservoir, in the central province of Cacere.

Europe's drought exposes ancient stones, World War II ships

Weeks of baking drought across Europe have seen water levels in rivers and lakes fall to levels few can remember

The dolmen of Guadalperal, also known as the Spanish Stonehenge, is seen due to the receding waters of the Valdecanas reservoir in the outskirts of El Gordo, Spain on 3 August, 2022

‘Spanish Stonehenge’ emerges from drought-hit dam

A brutal summer has caused havoc for many in rural Spain, but one unexpected side-effect of the country’s worst drought in decades has delighted archaeologists - the emergence of a prehistoric stone ...

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UK officially declares drought in several parts

England had its driest July since 1935

Cracked and dry earth is seen on the banks of Le Broc lake, as a historical drought hits France, 5 August, 2022.

Temperatures rise as France tackles its worst drought on record

French prime minister Elisabeth Borne's office has set up a crisis team to tackle a drought that has forced scores of villages to rely on water deliveries by truck

This picture taken on 26 July, 2022, shows flames raise during a forest fire near Gignac, southern France, as the country endures a dry summer with wildfires destroying numerous forests across France

France struggles with drought over punishing summer of heat

From farmers to fishermen, boat owners to ordinary households, communities across France are struggling with a severe drought that has seen an unprecedented number of regions affected by water ...

The remains of a fish, lies amongst cracked mud on the dried lake bed of Poyang Lake, China's largest freshwater lake, in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, China, on 9 December 2019

Heat waves in dozens of Chinese cities buckle roads, pop roof tiles

Nanjing, one of China’s three “furnaces” notorious for their searing summers, has opened its underground air-raid shelters to residents since Sunday, with its war-time bunkers equipped with WiFi, ...

Great Salt Lake

Western US drought brings Great Salt Lake to lowest level on record

The economically and environmentally important basin has never been this low since records began in 1847

In this picture taken on 10 June, 2022, a member of Jal Saheli ‘Friend of water’ stands near a pond in Agrotha village

India's women water warriors transform parched lands

As the monsoon storms bear down on India, a dedicated group of women hope that after years of backbreaking labour, water shortages will no longer leave their village high and dry

Thousands of people in Sylhe and Sunamganj have become stranded in floods. Although water recedes in place, people are struggling with acute crisis of food and drinking water. This picture is taken from Thana Bazar, Companiganj, Sylhet on 19 June 2022.

Climate change is driving 2022 extreme heat, flooding

Extreme weather events – from scorching heatwaves to unusually heavy downpours – have caused widespread upheaval across the globe this year, with thousands of people killed and millions more ...

Fighting against climate change in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh, other climate-battered nations hunt elusive cash at UN talks

International finance for adaptation, at little more than $20 billion a year, remains far below the annual $70 billion developing countries are estimated to need - an amount that could rise to $300 ...

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