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The Latest Breaking News from Drought

Big money: Calif.'s drought is not over

Those with power, money and a direct stake are staking out positions like animals around a watering hole

Salon

Rory McIlroy takes unusual step to end major drought at Masters despite £16m-a-year deal

Rory McIlroy is without a major title in nine years - with his last coming at the 2014 PGA Championship - and in a bid to change this the Northern Irishman has a made a major equipment change

Daily Mirror

Italy's water crisis exacerbated by leaky pipes, data shows

Italy is wasting more and more of its water from leaky aqueducts, leaving the country increasingly vulnerable to droughts, national statistics bureau ISTAT said on Tuesday.

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Drought in Spain's northeast empties reservoirs

The medieval church of Sant Romà disappeared from view in the 1960s, when the town of Vilanova de Sau was flooded to create a reservoir an hour north of Barcelona

The Independent UK

Kenya drought: Pastoralists suffer despite millions of dollars used to protect them -- what went wrong?

Across the arid landscape of northern Kenya, roadside signs proclaim projects aimed at creating “resilience” among pastoralist communities. This is a region where frequent droughts, animal disease, insecurity and structural exclusion all affect pastoral livelihoods.

The Conversation

Drought caused 43,000 ‘excess deaths’ in Somalia last year, half of them young children

New report uncovers tragic scale of climate-led crisis and forecasts up to 34,000 more deaths so far this year

The Guardian - UK

African nations consider swapping debt for climate funding

African countries saddled with debt and ravaged by losses and damages from extreme weather events like cyclones, drought and extreme temperatures have agreed to consider swapping debt to invest in climate action in a meeting of finance ministers in the Ethiopian capital

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Somalia drought claimed as many as 43,000 lives last year

As many as 43,000 people are estimated to have died in Somalia last year as a result of the east African nation’s worst drought in more than four decades, according to the government and United Nations agencies.

Tribune News Service

Late-winter Showers To Sour Spring Break For Parts Of Florida

Showers and thunderstorms will move into Florida, aiding in the effort to end the ongoing drought.

Zenger

Somalia drought may have killed 43,000 in 2022, half under 5: UN

After five consecutive failed rainy seasons, rate of fatalities could rise in first half of 2023, research finds.

Al Jazeera

California’s Drought Is Not Over

Following the power and the money for the stories deeper than atmospheric rivers.

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Somalia drought: 43,000 people die in a year and half are children under five

‘Unrelenting droughts’ have created worst hunger crisis for 70 years says

The Independent UK

Somalia's drought killed 43,000 last year, half under five - study

Somalia's ongoing record drought killed as many as 43,000 people last year, half of them children under 5, researchers said on Monday in the first attempt to estimate country-wide deaths.

Reuters

Report: 43,000 Estimated Dead in Somalia Drought Last Year

A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid the longest drought on record in Somalia last year and half of them likely were children. It is the first official death toll announced in the drought withering large parts of the Horn of Africa. At least 18,000 people are…

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The Independent UK

Report: 43,000 estimated dead in Somalia drought last year REDIRECTED

A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid the longest drought on record in Somalia last year and half of them likely were children

The Conversation

How did millions of fish die gasping in the Darling – after three years of rain?

Millions of dead fish float on the surface of the river. Native bony herring and introduced young carp, as well as a few mature Murray cod and golden perch. History is repeating on the Darling River at Menindee. This new fish kill is even worse than the enormous 2018–2019 fish…

Radio France Internationale

Farmers in drought-stricken southwest France invoke Saint-Gaudérique for rain

Faced with the worst droughts since 1959, farmers in the Catalan region of southwest France turned to their patron Saint-Gaudérique on Saturday to help bring on the rains, carrying the saint's relics through the streets of Perpignan.

The Times of India

Rohit Sharma unfazed with SKY's failures, says he has shown a lot of potential and needs to get a consistent run

VISAKHAPATNAM: Suryakumar Yadav’s back-to-back golden duck has become the talk of the town. The Mumbaikar, who has set a new benchmark in T20 cricket, has been found wanting thus far in the ODI format. However, skipper Rohit Sharma is unfazed with the drought of runs from his player.

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The Guardian - UK

‘Very sensitive subject’: plan to take Welsh water for London stirs painful memories

‘Drowning’ of village of Capel Celyn to provide water to Liverpool in the 60s remains an emotive issue

The Times of India

Hardik, Savita bag top honours; lifetime award for Gurbux Singh

NEW DELHI: The last couple of years have been momentous for Indian hockey with both the men's and women's teams bringing laurels for the country. The men clinched a historic bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics - a medal at the Summer Games after a 41-year drought - and followed…

Zenger

Meteorologists Tracking Next Large Storm To Take Aim At California

This weekend will mark the end of California's little respite from the devastating storms that are bursting the drought.

Reuters

Farming and tourism under threat as winter drought dries up France's Lake Montbel

Set at foot of the Pyrenees mountains, Lake Montbel is famous in south-west France for its turquoise waters, massive size and thriving aquatic life.

Reuters

Church tower reemerges from parched reservoir in drought-hit Spain

Spain is in the grip of a long-term drought after 36 months of below-average rainfall, with some parts so parched that officials have asked people to cut water use and meteorologists warn of worse to come.

Los Angeles Times

As California drought retreats, threat of spring flooding rises

LOS ANGELES — Though California may be ending its winter with quenched reservoirs and near record snowpack, meteorologists are warning that the state will face increased flooding risk in the coming months as Sierra Nevada snowmelt fills rivers and streams.

The Independent UK

Spain: Long-term drought to bring more heatwaves, widlfires

Spain has entered a period of a long-term drought, owing to high temperatures and low rainfall over the past three years, and likely faces another year of heatwaves and forest fires

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