The Latest Breaking News from Drought

The Colorado River, which provides drinking water to 40 million people in seven U.S. states, is drying up, straining a water distribution pact amid the worst drought in 12 centuries, exacerbated by climate change.

The 23-year drought that’s parching the Southwest is forcing Arizona to make a bitter choice. Unless developers can find new sources of water, the state’s largest master-planned housing development is going to remain a desert.

The "Sea" of Galilee, which is also known as Lake Tiberias and Lake Gennesaret, is one of the lowest-lying bodies of water in the world and is Israel's largest freshwater lake, which is used as the country's emergency water store

The severe drought is damaging natural habitats, affecting agriculture, and creating major energy shortages

From southern Ethiopia to northern Kenya and Somalia, around 22 million people are at risk of hunger as the worst drought in four decades grips the Horn of Africa. The overall figure has almost doubled from 13 million at the start of 2022, the UN's World Food Programme said in…

Over the past four or five years, there has been no notable rise in these groundwater levels - meaning they remain at a low level

The world is "dangerously unprepared" for future pandemics, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) say in a report published on Monday, calling on countries to update their preparedness plans by year-end. In its World Disasters Report 2022, the IFRC said "all countries remain dangerously…

"A few years ago, I would never have imagined that water would be a problem here in Europe"

There has been no significant rise in groundwater levels across Europe, according to new data from satellites orbiting Earth.