The Latest Breaking News from Drought

LOS ANGELES — Drought, human-caused climate change, invasive species and a "legacy" of environmental issues are permanently altering California's landscape and placing some communities and ecosystems at increasing risk, a panel of experts told water officials recently.

High in the mountains of the Bolivian Andes, farmer Alberto Quispe has one thing on his mind: rain.

In the fall, rice fields in the Sacramento Valley usually shine golden brown as they await harvesting. This year, however, many fields were left covered with bare dirt.

The autumn deluge has seen reservoir levels rise rapidly, according to water companies, but some parts of the UK remain under a hosepipe ban. In July and August, reservoir levels across the north of England dropped dramatically following months of record-low rainfall, with some reaching unprecedented levels, exposing lost villages…

It qualifies as more than a dry spell, goes well beyond a drought.

Australia’s latest State of the Climate Report offers grim reading. As if recent floods weren’t bad enough, the report warns of worsening fire seasons, more drought years and, when rain comes, more intense downpours. It begs the question: is it too late to avoid dangerous warming?

Senegal is due to receive around 330,000 pounds ($400,500) in insurance payments from aid organisations to protect against the risk of drought, a spokesperson for the aid groups said on Thursday.

TWO new singles and two massive hometown shows. The long drought for Raave Tapes is about to end in a flurry.

Iraq’s water buffaloes are suffering from dire water shortages in the country's iconic southern marshes

In the remote city of Rio Branco in Acre state, some fear a climate tipping point has already been reached as the rainy season brings floods and the dry season, droughts, writes Terrence McCoy

A mosque’s appearance stirs memories of displacement for people who lost their village when it was flooded 34 years ago.