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Drought is driving elephants closer to people. The consequences can be deadly

Zimbabwe's elephant population is growing, but climate change makes rainfall unpredictable. Animals travel farther in search of water now and often end up clashing with villagers for scarce resources

WEKU

Cornwall faces hosepipe ban amid drought and heatwave

South West Water said the ban would come into force from August 23 to protect dwindling supplies.

The Independent UK

Drought brings flooding fears for the UK once the rain arrives

Heavy rain on parched, baked ground is exactly what we don’t need

Wales Online

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China's Yangtze river shrinks as heatwave, drought threaten crops

Regions that rely on the Yangtze, China's longest river, are having to deploy pumps and cloud-seeding rockets as a long drought depletes water levels and threatens crops, and a heatwave is set to last another two weeks.

Reuters

Devon and Cornwall hit with first hosepipe ban in 26 years

‘We’ve been left with no other choice,’ water company spokesperson says

The Independent UK

UK weather: Met Office warns of flash floods, thunderstorms and lightning after heatwave

Further weather-related chaos is predicted for much of the UK as meteorologists warn of disruption to services but predict the wet weather will do little to ease drought conditions

Daily Mirror

Deadline looms for drought-stricken states to cut water use

Seven states in the U.S. West are facing a deadline from the federal government to come up with a plan to use substantially less Colorado River water in 2023

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Northeastern farmers face new challenges with severe drought

The impacts of climate change have been felt throughout the Northeastern U.S. with rising sea levels, heavy precipitation and storm surges causing flooding and coastal erosion

The Independent UK

Goats and sheep deploy their appetites to save Barcelona from wildfires

An age-old strategy has been revived to tackle the devastating effects of drought and heatwaves

The Guardian - UK

Southwest stares down steep water cuts deadline with Colorado River at drought tipping point

States that rely on the river basin for water supplies have until Tuesday to outline plans or the Biden administration will step in.

Axios

England ‘failing to invest in water networks to avoid future droughts’

Government policy amounts to ‘keeping fingers crossed’ rather than acting to adapt to changing climate, says infrastructure chief

The Guardian - UK

Kew Gardens battles with UK drought to care for some of world's rarest plants

Faye Adams is the alpine and rock garden supervisor at Kew Gardens, where staff are battling the 146-day long dry spell in Britain to keep rare plants and flowers blooming

Daily Mirror

'Intense' thunderstorms due to hit parts of UK this week as heatwave ends with a bang

The country sizzled again over the weekend with 34.9C recorded in Charlwood, Surrey, but the heat is now set to be replaced with thunderstorms and cooler temperatures

Daily Mirror

Low water levels continue at Manchester's reservoirs during weekend of extreme heat

The Enivornment Agency has warned that England’s drought could persist into next year

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The Guardian - AU

Cooking oil price surges hurt Australian takeaway outlets including fish and chips

Covid-induced inflation, drought in Canada and global instability are putting the squeeze on key ingredients of a national staple

The Guardian - UK

UK weather: warning of floods from thundery showers after drought

Meteorologists say expected downpours are the wrong kind of rain to tackle driest spell for almost 50 years

Daily Mirror

Exact time UK heatwave will end as blistering 32C highs spark wildfires and drought

After suffering through another heatwave with an amber health warning, Brits can welcome three days of thunderstorms this week with yellow health warnings in place until Wednesday

The Independent UK

Government must ‘overrule nimbys’ on new reservoirs to combat drought, says infrastructure tsar

Call for UK ministers to act comes as environment secretary considers ‘national grid for water’

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In pictures: France ravaged by summer of wildfire and drought

While rainfall on Sunday brought desperately needed relief to firefighters in the Gironde department near Bordeaux, wildfires elsewhere continue to burn though hundreds of hectares of French forests. Sunday marked the end of an intense heatwave that began on Wednesday, with storms forecast in 10 departments.

The Guardian - UK

Drought in England could carry on into new year, experts warn

Without lots of heavy rain in autumn and winter, water restrictions could be tightened even further

The Guardian - UK

Build an ark and ditch the pots: how to save your garden in a drought

As official drought is declared in parts of England, here are some measures to preserve and future-proof gardens

The Guardian - UK

Drought in Britain: the lessons we can learn from Europe

Analysis: The water supply in England and Wales is entirely in private hands, and that can lead to problems…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraq's Garden of Eden Now 'Like a Desert'

To feed and cool his buffaloes, Hashem Gassed must cross 10 kilometers (six miles) of sunburnt land in southern Iraq, where drought is devastating swathes of the mythical Mesopotamian Marshes. The reputed home of the biblical Garden of Eden, Iraq's swamplands have been battered by three years of drought and…

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on the woeful state of England’s water industry

The response to the drought shows how underinvestment has left us without the infrastructure to cope with climate crisis

ABC News

French climate activists fill golf course holes with cement, protesting against water ban exemption amid drought

Climate activists have sabotaged luxury golf courses in the south of France, protesting against the "leisure industry for the most privileged" and its exemption for the country's water ban.

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