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Drought will cause crop failures in Spain, farmers warn

Drought now affects 60% of the Spanish countryside, with crops like wheat and barley in four regions likely to fail entirely, the main Spanish...

Heavy rain brings floods risk to China’s drought-hit areas

Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated to safer areas as heavy rain brought the risk of flooding to a region of south-west...

Chinese workers dig deep to keep crops watered after drought hits largest lake

With China’s biggest freshwater lake reaching historic low levels thanks to drought, work crews are digging trenches to keep water flowing to irrigate crops. The...

Shipping companies prepare for worst as Rhine levels near critical low

Shipping companies prepared to halt the transport of goods on the Rhine as water levels in Germany’s biggest river neared a critically low point...

France faces worst drought on record as fourth heatwave of the year spreads

France is in the midst of its fourth heatwave of the year as the country faces what the government warned is its worst drought...

UN warns of mass deaths from starvation in east Africa

The risk of mass deaths from starvation is growing in parts of east Africa, Yemen and Nigeria due to a combination of conflict, drought...

110 dead from hunger in 48 hours in Somalia drought

More than 100 people have died from hunger in the past 48 hours in a single region of Somalia, the country's prime minister said. It...

Tom Selleck reaches settlement over water theft claim

Tom Selleck has reached a tentative settlement in a lawsuit which claims he stole truckloads of water from a public hydrant and took it...

North Korea suffers ‘worst drought in a century’

North Korea says it has been hit by its worst drought in a century, resulting in extensive damage to agriculture. The official Korean Central News...

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