drought

People attend the COP27 climate summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
World+Biz

Drought-stricken work together to fight water woes

A displaced girl carries a bottle of water she filled from nearby stranded flood-waters, as her family takes refuge in a camp, in Sehwan, Pakistan, September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
World+Biz

Heat waves, flood, drought: Four in five of world's cities at risk, study shows

An aerial view shows a tributary stream running through the dried-up flats of Poyang Lake that stands at record-low water levels as the region experiences a drought, outside Nanchang, Jiangxi province, China, August 28, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/Files
China

China's biggest lake declares 'red alert' as long drought lingers

The cloud seeding method has little chance of helping during a drought emergency — mainly because you need storm clouds for successful seeding, and droughts by nature offer few of them. PHOTO: REUTERS
Panorama

Yes, we can make it rain. But it will not solve drought

A view of the exposed riverbed of Yangtze river on a hot day in Chongqing, China August 17, 2022. cnsphoto via REUTERS
China

After long drought, China plots ambitious water infrastructure push

6 major rivers drying up from extreme weather
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6 major rivers drying up from extreme weather

Chinese drillers work 15-hour days building wells in drought-hit Jiangxi
World+Biz

Chinese drillers work 15-hour days building wells in drought-hit Jiangxi

Kim Kardashian. Photo: Collected
Splash

Kim Kardashian among celebrities flouting US drought rules: report

Representational photo: Collected
China

Half of China hit by drought in worst heatwave on record

Pictured, landscape of dry earth ground and viaduct, extreme drought in Entrepenas reservoir, in Guadalajara, Castilla, Spain. Photo: Shutterstock
Europe

Europe facing its worst drought for 500 years

Apocalypse now? Worldwide drought glooms food supply, apparel export
Climate Change

Apocalypse now? Worldwide drought glooms food supply, apparel export

A once submerged Buddhist statue sits on top of Foyeliang island reef in the Yangtze river, which appeared after water levels fell due to a regional drought in Chongqing, China, August 20, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
China

Receding water levels of China's Yangtze reveal ancient Buddhist statues

A farmer hand-picks cotton in a field in Sirsa, Haryana, India.Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg
Bloomberg Special

The world’s cotton supply keeps shrinking, hit by drought, heat