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Drought

July 2024

  • Goats belonging to Sicilian farmer Luca Cammarata drink from a muddy water pond near his drought-stricken farm

    ‘We can’t let the animals die’: drought leaves Sicilian farmers facing uncertain future

    Rainfall is down 40% since 2003 and experts predict a third of Sicily will be desert by 2030

June 2024

  • Dried-out ground on the edge of the Gaddara Dam, where water levels have dropped

    ‘Whack-a-mole situation’: Algerian officials wrestle with water shortage anger

    State not acting fast enough to build desalination stations to deal with dwindling rainfall and resulting drought, say critics
  • An aerial view of collapsed buildings

    Weather tracker
    Weather tracker: Southern China hit by floods as north suffers from drought

    Heavy rainfall in Guangdong causes flooding, landslides and mudslides, while northern China gripped by heatwave
  • People use ropes to climb up the trunk of a giant sequoia against blue sky

    The age of extinction
    The end of the great northern forests? The tiny tree-killing beetle wreaking havoc on our ancient giants

    Forests across Europe, the US and Canada have been hard hit by drought, fires and bark beetles. Now scientists fear the northern hemisphere’s greatest carbon sink is nearing a tipping point

May 2024

  • Owner Mike Allen stands outside his popular Bishop feed store on Feb. 18, 2024.

    Revealed: The rural Californians who can’t sell their businesses – because LA is their landlord

  • Children fetch water using a wheelbarrow in Lilanda township in Lusaka, Zambia

    ‘Crippling’ drought in Zambia threatens hunger for millions, says minister

  • A florist prepares flower bouquets in Bengaluru on February 12, 2022, ahead of Valentine’s Day celebrations.

    Heat stress: how soaring temperatures are taking their toll on migrant workers in India’s garden city

  • A howler monkey sits inside a cage with others at a veterinarian clinic after they were rescued amid extremely high temperatures in Tecolutilla, Tobasco state, Mexico, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Dozens of howler monkeys were found dead in the Gulf coast state while others were rescued by residents who rushed them to a local veterinarian. (AP Photo/Luis Sanchez)

    Monkeys ‘falling out of trees like apples’ in Mexico amid brutal heatwave

  • More than third of Amazon rainforest struggling to recover from drought, study finds

  • UK is failing to put climate crisis at centre of national security measures, MPs told

  • The rural network
    Queensland officially drought-free for first time since 2013

  • ‘When he is older there will be no rain’: how southern Madagascar is coping in a climate crisis

  • Disease and hunger soar in Latin America after floods and drought, study finds

  • Cool solution: how ice-cream saved drought-hit farmers in India

April 2024

  • pine trees against a blue sky

    Weatherwatch
    Repeated periods of heat and drought causing some trees to die – study

  • Woman opening an empty wallet

    Brief letters
    Unpaid carers lose out in benefits gap

  • A woman lights candles in her store after a programed power cut ordered by the ministry of energy, in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Ecuador faces electricity rationing due to a prolonged drought and high temperatures that have reduced flows to the main hydroelectric plants. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

    Ecuador rations power as Andean drought tightens grip

  • A man's hand on a woman's shoulder

    Brief letters
    Time for volunteers to get equal protection from sexual harassment

  • As Thailand revels in Songkran water fights, tourist hub Samui suffers through drought

  • Colombians told to shower with a partner as drought hits capital water supplies

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