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Droughts bring disease: here are 4 ways they do it

Countries in the Horn of Africa have been hit by a multiyear drought. Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda are expected to continue getting below-normal rainfall in 2023. Excluding Uganda, 36.4 million people are affected and 21.7 million are in need of food assistance.

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Iraq Says Will Plant 5 Million Trees

Iraq's prime minister on Sunday announced a campaign to combat the severe impacts of climate change on the water-scarce country, including by planting five million palms and trees. Iraq suffers from extreme summer heat, frequent droughts, desertification and regular dust storms, problems that are all exacerbated by a heating planet.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Flush with rain, California plans to replenish drought-depleted groundwater with floodwaters

LOS ANGELES — With torrential rains drenching California, state water regulators have endorsed a plan to divert floodwaters from the San Joaquin River to replenish groundwater that has been depleted by heavy agricultural pumping during three years of record drought.

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Commentary: Wildfires in the summer, blizzards in March. The whiplash of living in the San Bernardino Mountains

If you had told me last year that our mountains would have so much snow this close to spring, I’d have been thrilled. The forests of Southern California have suffered immensely from years of punishing drought and record high temperatures, and good winter soakings provide the best protection against fires…

Los Angeles Times

Australia can expect an El Niño weather pattern bringing extreme dry hot weather now La Niña is over

After three years La Niña is officially over, but Australia could be facing rainfall deficits and extreme heat, irrespective of whether El Niño develops.

ABC News

Blackhawks notes: Taylor Raddysh a pleasant surprise as leading goal-scorer

Raddysh snapped a long drought and pulled into the team lead — at least with Max Domi and Patrick Kane excluded — by scoring his 15th and 16th goals Wednesday. Plus, Lukas Reichel moved onto the top power-play unit and Luke Philp received a contract extension.

Chicago Sun-Times

Julen Lopetegui backs misfiring Wolves strikers to end Premier League goal drought

Raul Jimenez was the last striker to net in the league for Wolves in March 2022

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Megafires, drought and heat killing conifer seedlings in US west – study

Fire ecologists analysed data from over 10,000 locations and 334 wildfires to assess how post-blaze conditions affect tree growth

The Guardian - US

Incoming California Storms To Bring Even More Drought Relief

The long-term drought conditions that has afflicted California for years is now improving.

Zenger

La Niña, which worsens Atlantic hurricanes and Western droughts, is gone

The cooling in the Pacific Ocean has gone on for three years. Its end is usually good news for the U.S. and other parts of the world, including drought-stricken northeast Africa, scientists said.

WEKU

La Nina, which worsens hurricanes and drought, is gone

La Nina is a natural and temporary cooling of parts of the Pacific Ocean that changes weather worldwide.

Chicago Sun-Times

Forecasters: La Nina, weather's unwanted nasty guest, leaves

Scientists say the La Nina weather phenomenon that increases Atlantic hurricane activity and worsens western drought is gone after three troublesome years

The Independent UK

The Biden administration has called for protecting mature US forests to slow climate change, but it's still allowing them to be logged

Forests are critically important for slowing climate change. They remove huge quantities of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere – 30% of all fossil fuel emissions annually – and store carbon in trees and soils. Old and mature forests are especially important: They handle droughts, storms and wildfires better than young…

The Conversation

Europe on alert as severe drought hits food, energy production

European countries historically rich in water are hastily rolling out emergency measures to cope with a cumulative drought that has sapped waterways, threatened food security and strained energy production – with little end in sight.

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California At Risk Of Life-threatening Flooding From New Atmospheric River

Late this week, a powerful storm with lots of rain will hit California, leaving behind warmer air.

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AccuWeather’s 2023 Canada Spring Forecast

Spring is just around the corner, even if it might not feel like it for everyone in Canada.

Tribune News Service

Texas GOP push to limit city ordinances could target rules from droughts to beekeeping

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott is throwing his weight behind a push to limit city ordinances that local officials say could undermine rules from beekeeping to payday lending.

Wales Online

Welsh Water plans to start installing smart meters to help reduce demand

It is one of the measures outlined in a draft water resources management plan

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Editorial: All that rain and snow! How can California still be in drought?

After more than two months of atmospheric rivers and bomb cyclones, amid a supersized Sierra snowcap, and with more precipitation forecast for the rest of the month, isn’t California’s drought over?

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Eddie Howe has perfect opportunity to unleash £114m attacking trio to solve Newcastle's goal drought

Newcastle United are struggling to put the ball in the net but a fresh front three may be the solution against Wolves

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New Atmospheric River To Raise Flood Risk, Drop More Mountain Snow In California

California will be affected by a storm system that was brewing over the Pacific Ocean at the beginning of the week.

Zenger

California ‘given A Gift’ As Storms Continue To Hammer Away At Long-term Drought

Drought in California has been reduced due to the frequent strong storms that dumped enormous volumes of snow and rain.

ABC News

Through drought, fires and floods, young Australians share their reflections on resilience and community

Through loss and uncertainty have come personal lessons of resilience, community and stability for young Australians affected by natural disasters.

The Conversation

The West's iconic forests are increasingly struggling to recover from wildfires – altering how fires burn could boost their chances

Wildfires and severe drought are killing trees at an alarming rate across the West, and forests are struggling to recover as the planet warms. However, new research shows there are ways to improve forests’ chances of recovery – by altering how wildfires burn.

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s drought planning should begin now, not when the rain dries up

The country is on track for a record $90bn agricultural production year but forecasts indicate drier times ahead

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