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Boarding pontoons on lake Serre-Poncon in the French Alps, where the water level decreased 14m due to drought

Europe facing worst drought for 500 years - study

Europe is facing its worst drought in at least 500 years, with two-thirds of the continent in a state of alert or warning, reducing inland shipping, electricity production and the yields of certain crops, a European Union agency has said.

Climate Change • 23 Aug 22

An enclosure at Ward Lower, Co Dublin (Pic: Google Maps)

Google Maps images uncover archaeological monuments

Google Maps has uncovered more previously unknown archaeological monuments across the country.

Ireland • 18 Feb 19

Farmers say lands are being 'toasted' due to the continuing high temperatures

Clare farmers struggling during drought conditions

Farmers are now working 14 hours a day to be broke, according to North Clare dairy farmer Pat O'Donoghue.

Munster • 06 Jul 18

Actor was accused of taking water illegally from a public water hydrant

Selleck in deal over California water complaint

Actor Tom Selleck has tentatively settled a Southern California court complaint that accused him of illegally tapping the public hydrant of a nearby water district to supply his ranch in the midst of a crippling drought.

News • 10 Jul 15

A rice paddy is parched and cracked from a long drought in South Korea

North Korea hit by 'worst drought in a century'

North Korea has been hit by what it has described as its worst drought in a century.

News • 17 Jun 15

This is the fourth year of California's drought

Drought leads to water restrictions in California

California has announced sweeping state-wide water restrictions for the first time in history in order to combat the region's devastating drought, the worst since records began.

News • 02 Apr 15

Nine-month rationing of water continues as a result of the record drought

Drought-hit Sao Paulo may 'get water from mud'

Sao Paulo, Brazil's drought-hit megacity of 20 million, has about two months of guaranteed water supply remaining as it taps into the second of three emergency reserves, officials say.

News • 29 Nov 14

Barack Obama visited drought-hit areas of California yesterday

Winter storm buries parts of US northeast

People across the north eastern United States are coping with the impact from a massive snowstorm that hit earlier this week.

News • 15 Feb 14

Met Éireann says five areas of the northwest experienced rain showers on 7 July or last night, which excludes them from the drought categorisation

Met Éireann says country experiencing drought

Met Éireann has confirmed that the majority of the country is officially experiencing a drought.

News • 20 Jul 13

A rising temperature will mean worsening droughts in some countries, and flooding in others

World Bank highlights global warming dangers

The world's poorest countries will be hit hardest by food shortages, rising sea levels, cyclones and drought, the World Bank has said in a report on climate change.

News • 19 Nov 12

A corn plant grows in a field parched by drought in Illinois

Drought threatens US corn yields

Soaring temperatures and scarce rain portended another blistering weekend for much of the US Midwest, where the most extensive drought since 1956 is devastating crops.

News • 30 Jul 12

US drought could see corn yields touch 10-year-low

Rain for the next ten days will boost crop prospects only in some parts of the US Midwest, according to forecasts.

Business • 25 Jul 12

A corn field in Indiana hit with extreme weather conditions

Drought in US pushes grain prices to record levels

Grain prices have reached record highs amid the worst drought in the United States in half a century.

News • 20 Jul 12

In Kenya, farmers know that global warming is not just a matter of statistics

Kenya suffers as world leaders hold Earth Summit

It is a challenge that world leaders have struggled with for 20 years: how to strike a balance between economic development, environmental concerns and improving conditions for world's poorest.

Special Reports • 21 Jun 12

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