Drought

Charity groups organise drive for farmers in drought-stricken Queensland

Pakistan Meteorological Department issues second warning of drought this year, citing low rainfall

275,000 people have been displaced by drought in western Afghanistan

A comprehensive drought mitigation policy for the entire arid zone of Sindh is imperative

Water is one of those crises that never go away

Sindh receives 69.5% less than normal rainfall from May to August this year

Residents have started migrating out of the areas

Public health engineering department told to operationalise non-functional water supply schemes

Northern Europe confronting widespread drought, farmers sending their herds to slaughter due to lack of feed

Thar, parts of Umerkot declared calamity-hit areas

Govt asked to declare desert region drought-hit, order relief package for the people

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Thousands of farmers migrate to cities as Afghanistan's worst drought in living memory ravages the war-torn country.

The central Indian region of nearly 70,000 square kilometres once received 800 to 900 mm of rain a year

Chief justice directs to bulldoze private houses built on public land

Met office advises relevant departments to craft water storage strategy

Will planners and people at large rise out of slumber to save this country?

CGCTC delegation expresses interest to upgrade fisheries sector

the country's reservoirs currently hold about 12 per cent of their total collective capacity

Concerned citizens are doing the govt's job by building wells for people of drought-stricken Tharparkar

'We lost our animals. Where will I go back to?', says one herder

Authorities in the iconic tourist destination race against time to take measures to battle the looming 'Day Zero'

Dost Muhammad Rahimon is accused of corruption in the distribution of relief goods in Thar

Researcher: “Vast numbers are moving due to climate risks”

Rainfall in the country on decline, with experts claiming this is due to climate change

About 600 patients have been provided with medical aid in drought-hit areas so far, says ISPR

Besides political and economic woes, province now hit by climate change in the form of droughts, cyclones and floods

Tourism, agricultural output in drought-hit Tharparkar likely to rise due to recent rainfall

Temperatures were expected to drop by five to 10 degrees F later in the week

The humanitarian world is still struggling to find a timely way to tackle 'slow-onset' crises like droughts

Failed thermocol technology initiative cost 1 million Indian rupees

Acute water shortage forcing residents to migrate to neighbouring villages

Who needs water when you have Tinder? After all, the internet caters to a variety of thirsts.

Rains are not expected any time soon

Drought-prone areas which have suffered during the 2013-15 drought season are witnessing high child mortality rates

Low water table, dry dams force locals to buy water, resort to political associations

India is in the grip of its worst water crisis in years, with 330 million people suffering from drought

Droughts, water scarcity and other climate-related disasters can become drivers of conflict across the world

Zimbabwe has in recent years resorted to exporting elephants to countries like China

India is officially in the grip of its worst water crisis in years, after the last two monsoons failed

About 330 million people, or a quarter of the population suffer from drought after the last two monsoons failed

Reports of families and farmers in remote villages walking long distances to find water have dominated local media

Lake Kariba falls to 12% of capacity, hitting fishing industry and hydroelectric power production in Zambia, Zimbabwe

Thailand is facing its worst water shortage in two decades, with 14 out of 76 provinces hit

Some 256,000 families in Tharparkar will benefit from the aid, he informed

The president has declared a state of disaster in regard to severely affected areas

With more than two-thirds of the 1.25 billion population living off land, water scarcity could affect majority

Some regions are expected to are suffer a 60% decrease in rainfall in December, January and February

Officials say responsibility for poor showing lies with Livingston's biggest water user Foster Farms

Rains were 12 per cent deficient in 2014, cutting grains output by 4.7 per cent in the year to June 2015