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Florida’s brutal drought worsens; Orlando has hottest start to year on record

ORLANDO, Fla. — With less than 2 inches of rain this year, Orlando is enduring its second driest stretch from Jan. 1 to April 5 since the late 1800s and also its hottest on record for that period.

Orlando Sentinel

Football Ferns centurion on urgent scoring quest

A scarcity of goals for the Football Ferns weighs heavily on veteran striker Hannah Wilkinson's mind. But with the help of childhood memories and a mental skills guru, she's hoping to break the drought in Turkey this Easter.

Newsroom.co.nz

Dramatic photos show how storms filled California reservoirs

An unprecedented series of powerful storms has replenished most of California’s reservoirs, dumping record amounts of rain and snow and busting a severe three-year drought

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‘This is the death pit’: Adam Ferguson’s stark and brutal photos of Australia’s outback

After assignments in Afghanistan and the US-Mexico border, the photojournalist has turned his lens on his own nation for works that contrast romantic ideas of the Australian interior with the stark realities of life there

The Guardian - UK

Northwest Facing Several Rounds Of Rain, Mountain Snow

The West Coast will have an active end to the week in terms of weather, and AccuWeather forecasters say that more rain coming

Zenger

11th century church emerges from dried-up reservoir as Catalonia suffers worst drought in decades

At Sau Reservoir, the water level has dropped so low that it risks contamination

The Independent UK

11th century church emerges from dried-up reservoir as Catalonia facing worst drought in decades

The drought has already affected up to six million people

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Drought, heat waves could worsen air pollution for vulnerable communities

LOS ANGELES — Within just a few years, California endured its driest three-year period on record and its hottest September in history — a brutal summer month that nearly broke the state's overtaxed electric grid.

Los Angeles Times

Water ban in drought-stricken Tunisia adds to growing crisis

Risk of unrest rises amid fourth dry year, poor grain harvest, weak economy and likely food subsidy cuts

The Guardian - UK

Spring brings commerce, concerns for states along Mississippi River

DUBUQUE, Iowa — As Old Man River slowly awakens from its winter slumber, eagles work the edges of the opening channels and marina docks groan as the slow current wrestles the ice. Anglers — and an occasional whitetail deer — tread cautiously on the big river.

Tribune News Service

Listen, science indicates your plants may be screaming

We now have the first research evidence that plants can make airborne sounds, heard up to a few metres away.

Newcastle Herald

Drought-ravaged California sees one of the largest snowpacks on record

Experts think snowpack will be either the first or second biggest documented in 70 years after winter of extreme storms

The Guardian - US

California’s snowpack is among the deepest ever. Now get ready for perilous ‘big melt’

LOS ANGELES — California’s wet and wintry start to the year has resulted in perhaps the deepest snowpack recorded in more than 70 years, officials said Monday.

Los Angeles Times

NSW winery accused of stealing water during drought

NSW authorities have charged a border-region winery after it allegedly stole 161 Olympic pools worth of irrigation water via an illegal pipeline.

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Maharashtra farmers' 'Mission 500' movement gets UN recognition

MUMBAI: "Mission 500 Crore Litre Water Storage”, a farmers' movement that works on a basic principle -- "of the people, by the people, for the people" -- in Maharashtra received an honour of being part of the United Nations Water Conference 2023 at New York. Movement that has simple creative…

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Bill Madden: Mets get early reminder of old baseball adage ‘you never have enough pitching’

NEW YORK — That age-old baseball lament — “You never have enough pitching” — could not ring more true for the Mets as they embark on their mission to end their 37-year championship drought.

The Independent UK

Mikel Arteta hails Gabriel Jesus after he ends goal drought with Arsenal brace

Jesus’ comeback has been a gradual one but it was completed just at the right time as he shone in a 4-1 win.

Belfast Live

Climate crisis: Mum buries toddler by the roadside in drought-hit Somalia

"We didn’t have enough to feed them and they succumbed"

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The Guardian - US

Drought or no drought? California left pondering after record winter deluge

Severe storms may have filled reservoirs but in the Golden State, a dry spell is ‘always lurking in the background’

USA Today Sports Media Group

Broncos enter 2023 with NFL’s 2nd-longest active playoff drought

The Broncos haven't reached the playoffs in seven years, the NFL's 2nd-longest active drought, tied for 5th-longest among U.S. sports teams.

Daily Mirror

New TV show details animals' heartbreaking struggle to survive drought in Africa’s savannas

If life isn’t harsh enough for the animals of Kenya, their plight has been worsened by the longest drought in the country for 20 years

Sports Illustrated

SI’s MLB Experts Pick Which Teams Could End World Series Droughts This Season

Will it be the Mariners, Padres, Guardians or Yankees? Our baseball experts weigh in.

The Independent UK

To conserve, Nevada may try to buy back groundwater rights

Lawmakers in Nevada are considering a bill to allow the state to buy groundwater rights in diminished basins so nobody could use them again

The Independent UK

England hit by wettest March in more than 40 years – Met Office

Figures show Wales and Northern Ireland also had one of their top 10 wettest Marches on record.

Reuters

Tunisia to cut off public water supplies overnight due to drought

Tunisia will cut off water supplies to citizens for seven hours a night in response to the country's worst drought on record, state water distribution company SONEDE said in a statement on Friday.

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