The Latest Breaking News from Drought

Summer of extremes as fires, floods and heatwaves grip the globe

From record-breaking heatwaves to unprecedented droughts and wildfires, extreme weather is gripping the globe and underscoring the urgency of the climate crisis.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 11, 2025

Triple whammy: how 3 types of drought crippled southern Australia this year

Soaking mid-winter rains have brought some relief to drought-stricken farms and rural towns across southern Australia, but the crisis is not over yet.

The Conversation · Aug 10, 2025

Professional gardener warns of the 'silent drought' we need to be aware of this summer

The extended dry periods have left many plants and trees suffering from dehydration, despite recent downpours

Woman & Home · Aug 9, 2025

South African study finds 4 low-income communities can’t cope with global warming: what needs to change

Climate change is not new: temperatures have been rising for decades as a result of global warming. In South Africa’s city of Pietermaritzburg, four low-income urban communities have experienced drought, heatwaves, severe hailstorms, devastating flooding events that killed hundreds of people and displaced thousands, and wildfires as a result of…

The Conversation · Aug 5, 2025

Photos of Mexican ranchers struggling to adapt as screwworm ravages their cattle exports to the US

The U.S. has suspended live cattle imports from Mexico due to concerns about the New World Screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite found in southern Mexico. This suspension has severely impacted ranchers like Martín Ibarra Vargas in Sonora, who are already struggling with drought. The U.S. Department of Agriculture calls the screwworm…

The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2025

Premiership window slammed shut for Goodwin after '21

Melbourne reasonably thought their drought-breaking 2021 premiership under coach Simon Goodwin was the start of something great, but they were badly wrong.

AAP · Aug 5, 2025

Water Shortages Spell Trouble On Turkey's Tourist Coast

Ali Alyanak and his neighbours in Turkey's tourist hub Izmir now have to draw water from a shrinking aquifer 170 metres underground even as hotel pools remain full -- a sign for many of the region's dire water crisis amid prolonged drought.

International Business Times · Aug 5, 2025

Ranchers struggling in battle against flesh-eating maggot ravaging cattle

The US has suspended live cattle imports from Mexico yet again

The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2025

'Better than Bledisloe drought': Fox out to win for NZ

Golf ace and son of an All Blacks gun Ryan Fox is vowing to break the Kiwi Australian PGA Championship drought before the Wallabies win back the Bledisloe Cup.

AAP · Aug 5, 2025

What the world can learn from Korea’s 15th-century rain gauge

Droughts and floods are becoming more frequent and more severe across the globe. The cause is often rain — either too little or too much. The monsoon regions of the world, where societies have weathered cycles of drought and deluge for thousands of years, hold essential lessons about rainwater monitoring…

The Conversation · Aug 4, 2025