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Scott Arfield savours special Scottish Cup success after Rangers end season with silverware at Hampden

SCOTT ARFIELD savoured a 'special' Scottish Cup success as Rangers ended their knock-out trophy drought with victory over Hearts at Hampden.

The National (Scotland)

Killarney Vale secures first victory over Terrigal-Avoca since 2010

The Bombers finally broke the long-running drought.

Newcastle Herald

Climate whiplash explains weather events

"Climate whiplash" describes how on a warming planet weather events seesaw between extremes

Salon

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When the rain stops, the trouble begins

Drought is driving an unlikely pest out of the desert — and Charlotte's community is in the firing line.

ABC News

John Barnes believes Mohamed Salah Liverpool goal drought is down to absent player

Goals have been hard to come by for Mohamed Salah recently and John Barnes thinks that one missing Liverpool player has made the difference

Liverpool Echo

Why swimming pools are getting a break despite unprecedented water restrictions in Southern California

LOS ANGELES — As millions of Southern Californians brace for new drought restrictions coming June 1, one big, blue question mark remains: How will the rules apply to swimming pools?

Los Angeles Times

Mike Sielski: Why the Flyers’ 47-year Stanley Cup drought won’t end soon

PHILADELPHIA — As of Friday, May 27, it will have been 47 years since the Flyers last won the Stanley Cup. If you have a fondness for the sadomasochistic, you can continue parsing that number to illustrate just how long that drought has been: 17,168 days, 411,744 hours, and on…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Drought, heat and extreme wind bring ‘explosive fire behavior’ to US

New Mexico still battling US’s biggest wildfire as blazes test fire crews in Texas and Colorado

The Guardian - US

History of water in California: a tale of grand projects, drought and disaster

Eastern Australia is awash with water — for many, far too much — but on the other side of the Pacific, it is a very different story.

ABC News

US forest chief calls for pause of prescribed fires

Federal officials are warning that expanding drought conditions coupled with hot and dry weather, extreme wind and unstable atmospheric conditions have led to explosive fire behavior in the Southwest

The Independent UK

California's Water Bureaucrats Are Making a Bad Drought Worse

Fifty percent of the state's water flows to the Pacific Ocean. Another 40 percent is used for agriculture. But it's average residents who are being forced to cut back.

Reason

Cloth bags made by women of drought-hit Dalit hamlet in Andhra Pradesh travel the world

Meet the women from a Dalit hamlet in the Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh, who are behind the successful Paalaguttapalle Bags enterprise that provides them a sustainable livelihood

The Hindu

Flood Alert: Colorado River Basin Will See Earlier Snowmelts Predict Scientists

Spring floods are likely to arrive increasingly early in the year for the vast majority of the Colorado River Basin as climate change brings about a shift in peak streamflows.

Zenger

Milan on Brink of Historic Title as Thrilling Season Heads Down to the Wire

Europe's most dramatic title race will finally reach its climax on Sunday when AC Milan take the field at Sassuolo ready to end an 11-year Scudetto drought and announce their return to the top table. Stefano Pioli's side are two points ahead of reigning champions Inter Milan and only need…

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Mad Max: Furiosa filming drives economic recovery in Hay after COVID-19 and drought

With the Mad Max production bandwagon in southern NSW, it is providing Hay a much-needed economic boost after a few tough years due to drought and COVID.

France 24

Internal displacement at all-time high, with five million IDPs in Ethiopia alone

Nearly 60 million people are internally displaced worldwide. The war in Ukraine is one reason for the spike but other conflicts, severe food insecurity and drought in sub-Saharan Africa are also factors. Also, as healthcare workers in Zimbabwe leave in droves for better paid jobs overseas, our reporters look at…

The Conversation

Grim 2022 drought outlook for Western US offers warnings for the future as climate change brings a hotter, thirstier atmosphere

Much of the western U.S. has been in the grip of an unrelenting drought since early 2020. The dryness has coincided with record-breaking wildfires, intense and long-lasting heat waves, low stream flows and dwindling water supplies in reservoirs that millions of people across the region rely on.

Zenger

Drought Alert: European Drought Of 2018-20 Worst In 250 Years And Will Likely Be Repeated

The drought in Europe between 2018 and 2020 has set the benchmark for droughts on the continent according to the most detailed study of the water shortage carried out to date.

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Zenger

Another Summer Sizzler Expected In Europe

AccuWeather says high temperatures will again prevail across most of the continent following its hottest summer on record in 2021.

ABC News

NSW town Weilmoringle prepares to be cut off for winter, as rain replaces drought and closes roads

The community of Weilmoringle is bracing to spend much of winter cut off due to wet weather closing the dirt roads it relies on.

Tribune News Service

Vast swath of US is at risk of summer blackouts, regulator warns

A vast swath of North America from the Great Lakes to the West Coast is at risk of blackouts this summer as heat, drought, shuttered power plants and supply chain woes strain the electric grid. Power supplies in much of the U.S. and part of Canada will be stretched, with…

WEKU

Drought and soaring food prices from Ukraine war leave millions in Africa starving

A report finds 23 million people are experiencing extreme hunger in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya, which face their worst drought in 40 years. Food prices hit record highs after Russia attacked Ukraine.

Belfast Live

PGA Championship tee times 2022 as Rory McIlroy is included in standout group

McIlroy seems to be trending towards ending his eight-year major drought

Al Jazeera

Hassan Mohamud: The second coming of Somalia’s new president

The new president will have to tackle insecurity, rising inflation, severe drought – and reunite a fractured government

AAP

NSW out of drought after flooding rains

NSW has largely emerged from two years of drought but farmers' woes are far from over as they struggle to recover from multiple disasters in recent years.

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