The Latest Breaking News from Drought

Industry urges drought measures

The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) plans to ask Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to brace for drought and possible water shortages that will affect businesses, causing them to increase the prices of goods again.

Bangkok Post · May 3, 2023

Severe flooding in Italy kills 2; drought persists

Heavy rains have caused flooding in Italy’s populous Emilia-Romagna region, leaving at least two people dead as riverbeds left dry by drought overflowed their banks after a day and a half of non-stop rain

The Independent UK · May 3, 2023

This beer is made from recycled shower water. Is it the taste of the future?

Epic Cleantec’s beverage highlights one way to tackle extreme drought: by turning recycled waste into potable products

The Guardian - US · May 2, 2023

Kids risk their lives digging for water in East Africa's worst drought since Live Aid

At this time of the year the River Baragoi is usually in full flow and the villagers have had no problem using water for drinking, cooking and washing - not any more

Daily Mirror · Apr 28, 2023

In Arizona, fresh scrutiny of Saudi-owned farm's water use

In Arizona, worsening drought has brought renewed attention to a farm owned by a Saudi Arabian company and whether the state should be doing more to protect its groundwater resources

The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2023

SCG wary 3 factors may curb the economy

SET-listed Siam Cement Group (SCG), Thailand's largest cement maker and industrial conglomerate, has raised fresh concerns about unpleasant impacts on the local economy caused by three risk factors: high energy costs, PM2.5 ultra-fine dust and drought.

Bangkok Post · Apr 27, 2023

'We cannot ignore the fact this drought has been caused by the climate crisis'

The tragedy has been described as the world’s forgotten famine - there must be international action before it is too late

Daily Mirror · Apr 27, 2023

Drought-hit Spanish town gets water trucked in as temperatures peak

Residents of a small town in southern Spain gathered at the main square to collect drinking water as large swathes of the Iberian Peninsula braved unseasonally hot weather that have exacerbated a long drought.

Reuters · Apr 27, 2023

A fisherman went missing in 1998. Now his remains at Lake Mead have been identified

Las Vegas resident Claude Russell Pensinger disappeared while fishing in the reservoir. His skeletal remains were one of several sets discovered last year as water levels dropped in a drought.

WEKU · Apr 27, 2023

'People queued to tell me their kids had died of hunger - how is this happening in 2023?'

Andy Lines spoke to grief-stricken villages in Lomirok, Kenya, facing the worst drought since Live Aid

Daily Mirror · Apr 27, 2023