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Boiling Heat and No Water: Taps Run Dry in Southern Iraq

Younes Ajil turns on the tap in his home but nothing comes out: dozens of villages are without running water in drought-hit Iraq, surviving on sporadic tanker-truck deliveries and salty wells. For everything from drinking to bathing and washing dishes and clothes, Ajil and his eight children wait at their…

Asharq Al-Awsat

AP PHOTOS: Drought changes landscape in southwest China

River bottoms reduced to cracked earth attract the curious, some taking selfies on the sun-baked expanse exposed by the receding waters. Farmers lament their yellowed rice stalks, their famed hot pepper plants bereft of almost all fruit, their dry reservoirs.

The Independent UK

Drought Uncovers Dinosaur Tracks in US Park

A drought in Texas dried up a river flowing through Dinosaur Valley State Park, exposing tracks from giant reptiles that lived some 113 million years ago, an official said Tuesday. Photos posted on Facebook show three-toed footprints leading down a dry tree-lined riverbed in the southern US state.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Tracks of 60ft dinosaurs from 113 million years ago exposed after severe Texas drought

Dinosaur tracks, including from a 60 feet tall Sauroposeidon, have been found in a river bed at Dinosaur Valley State Park, in Texas, after being exposed by severe drought

Daily Mirror

Drought disaster declared; city restricts outdoor irrigation

Federal officials have declared a drought-related disaster in Rhode Island

The Independent UK

A harsh new climate reality for farmers

Growers across the country are reckoning with a harsh new climate reality

Salon

Unplanted acres in US surge on extreme rain and drought

Acres that US farmers were unable to plant have more than tripled from the same period last year as extreme weather wreaks havoc on fields.

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Much of the country has experienced drought and extreme heat this summer

The Independent UK

Europe hit by worst drought in at least 500 years as climate change fears grow

Europe is in the grip of its worst drought in at least 500 years, experts warned on Tuesday as fears grew over climate change.

Evening Standard

Ancient river statues revealed as China endures 70-day heatwave and ongoing drought

A drought in China revealed 600-year-old statues in a river while the country endures a record-breaking 70-day heatwave. Temperatures of over 44C have been recorded with over 260 weather stations recording their highest ever

Daily Mirror

China’s Growing Water Crisis

A Chinese drought would be a global catastrophe.

Foreign Affairs

Europe facing its worst drought in 500 years - study

Europe is facing its worst drought in at least 500 years, with two-thirds of the continent in a state of alert or warning, reducing inland shipping, electricity production and the yields of certain crops, a European Union agency said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Weather whiplash: Summer lurches from drought to flood

This summer the weather has not only been extreme, but it has whiplashed from one extreme to another

The Independent UK

UK turns ORANGE in 'false autumn' as leaves start to fall three weeks early

Striking images across the country reveal golden-brown branches and dried-up leaves along footpaths much earlier than usual following heatwaves and drought conditions

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'False autumn' sparked by heatwave and drought

Experts have warned it could spell trouble for wildlife in the winter

Daily Mirror

Man who's been storing water in garden since 1976 drought now has 11,000 pints

Retired head teacher Peter Harden, 82, has lived in his bungalow in Ingoldsby, Lincolnshire for 52 years and now has nine massive water containers in his garden

The Independent UK

Drought reveals Nazi warship graveyard laden with explosives in the Danube river

Ships laden with more than ‘10,000 explosive ordnance’ threatens shipping and fishery industries

Daily Mirror

Our Yorkshire Farm's Amanda Owen shares brutal impact of drought at Ravenseat

Our Yorkshire Farm star Amanda Owen has posted to her social media where she showed her followers how her animals have been impacted by the hot weather at her Ravenseat Farm

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The Independent UK

Its largest lake is so dry, China digs deep to water crops

With China’s biggest freshwater lake dried to historic lows by drought, work crews are digging trenches to keep water flowing to irrigate crops

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A List Of Celebs Who Waste The Most Water Was Released And Ofc The Kardashians Are At The Top

Do you think J Lo has a brown lawn?

The Guardian - US

Flash floods wreak havoc in US south-west – but are no salve for drought

Climate experts warn temporary increases in water levels will not mitigate a crisis that has been years in the making

Axios

Heavy rains trigger flooding across drought-hit South and Southwest, leaving at least 1 dead

Widespread heavy rain and flooding is expected to persist in the southern U.S. throughout the week.

Bangkok Post

Droughts Take Widening Toll On World's Largest Economies

Severe droughts across the Northern Hemisphere -- stretching from the farms of California to waterways in Europe and China -- are further snarling supply chains and driving up the prices of food and energy, adding pressure to a global trade system already under stress.

Radio France Internationale

Rhine water levels on the rise after drought crippled shipping capacity

Water levels on the Franco-German section of the Rhine river are so low that some vessels cannot sail even when empty, although long-awaited rain has begun to ease bottlenecks along Europe's main commercial waterway.

Asharq Al-Awsat

China Extends Power Rationing for Factories in Drought

Power rationing that forced factories in China’s southwest to shut down has been extended through at least Thursday due to low water at hydroelectric dams, according to a notice reported by news outlets and a company announcement, adding to losses from the hottest, driest summer in decades. The “tense situation”…

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