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The Latest Breaking News from Drought

Jets have longest playoff drought among major sports after Sacramento Kings clinch

The hope is this distinction only lasts one year for the Jets.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Climate change helps breed springtime wildfires in Spain

Firefighter Manuel Rubio had never seen a blaze like the one that raged for the past week in eastern Spain

The Independent UK

Macron takes to the hills for long view on better water management

French President Emmanuel Macron will be in the French Alps on Thursday to present a plan to improve water management, a resource threatened by droughts and global warming.

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Fears for UK butterfly numbers after die-off in 2022 heatwave

Evidence that drought cut late-summer hatchings raises fears that delayed effect of caterpillar die-off will be seen this year

The Guardian - UK

Some in Dry Somalia Break Ramadan Fast With Little but Water

This year’s holy month of Ramadan coincides with the longest drought on record in Somalia. As the sun sets and Muslims around the world gather to break their daily fasts with generous dinners, Hadiiq Abdulle Mohamed and her family have just water and whatever food might be at hand. Mohamed…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Some in dry Somalia break Ramadan fast with little but water

This year’s holy month of Ramadan coincides with the longest drought on record in Somalia

The Independent UK

Arsenal news: Mikel Arteta receives transfer boost as Bukayo Saka makes his feelings clear

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has designs on ending the Gunners' agonising 19-year title drought, but his future plans are coming together amid news Bukayo Saka has agreed a new deal

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Larry Stone: Mariners are only team not to make World Series. Does that change this year?

PEORIA, Ariz. — I must admit, the task of writing a Mariners column for our season preview section is a little trickier this year.

Tribune News Service

'Nature gave us a lifeline:' Southern California refills largest reservoir after wet winter

LOS ANGELES — Following a series of winter storms that eased drought conditions across the state, Southern Californians celebrated a sight nobody has seen for several punishing years: water rushing into Diamond Valley Lake.

Los Angeles Times

Thames Water ordered to fix leaks before pumping millions of litres from rivers

Environment Agency tells supplier to rethink plans to tackle droughts by pumping water from Thames and Severn

The Guardian - UK

Tunisia Cuts Off Water Supply at Night amid Severe Drought

Tunisian authorities have started cutting off drinking water at night in areas of the capital and other cities, residents said, in what appears to be a bid to reduce consumption amid a severe drought. Cutting off water without prior announcement, in areas of the capital Tunis, Hammamet, Sousse, Monastir and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

George Skelton: Newsom denies the obvious: California is no longer in drought

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom came close but couldn't quite bring himself to say it: The drought's over.

Los Angeles Times

Waking up to a world water crisis

The world is becoming accustomed to the drip-drip of catastrophic headlines following each new climate-driven disaster. Increasingly frequent and severe heatwaves are causing wildfires in California and widespread coral die-offs in Australia. Unprecedented floods have wreaked havoc in Pakistan, Germany, China, and New Zealand. Drought in the Horn of Africa…

Bangkok Post

Tourist villa pools in Tuscany may run dry in summer due to water curbs

Tourist properties in Tuscany, a prime destination for upmarket foreign holidaymakers, will have to limit the use of water in their swimming pools this summer because of fears of shortages as Italy faces another drought.

Reuters

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Could this be their year? Cubs and White Sox enter 2023 season full of hope

The Cubs are entering year seven of their World Series drought — the White Sox are entering year eighteen. Despite this record, there could be hope for an up swing.

The Independent UK

Pray for rain: Spanish farmers hold unique Mass amid drought

In drought-stricken Spain, around 250 villagers brought back the faded practice of a special Mass and procession to pray for rain

The Times of India

Shooting World Cup: Manu Bhaker breaks medal drought, claims bronze

BHOPAL: It was double delight for Indian pistol shooter Manu Bhaker on Saturday. She won India's sixth medal - a bronze - in the Bhopal leg of the ISSF World Cup and ended her senior international medal drought of two years. She won her last international medal in Delhi 2021.

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Foreign Correspondent reporter Stephanie March on the challenges and heartbreak of filming a story about looming famine in Somalia

Foreign Correspondent reporter Stephanie March gives an insight into one of the most challenging assignments of her career, dealing with confronting scenes of terrible suffering, security threats and logistical difficulties while filming a story about Somalia's hunger crisis.

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The Western U.S. Had a Remarkably Wet Winter — Can It Solve the Drought?

It's hard to predict the long-term impacts, but some parched areas could get a break from drought this summer.

Los Angeles Times

Amid conflicts and climate change, UN puts focus on ‘deep trouble’ in water worldwide

For the first time in 46 years, the United Nations convened a global conference on water, creating new impetus for wide-ranging efforts to manage water more sustainably, adapt to worsening droughts and floods with climate change, and accelerate solutions for the estimated 2 billion people around the world who live…

Reuters

A scorched southwestern France braces itself for fires to come

As France frets about an extended drought and prospects for more wildfires in another long summer, one blaze that erupted eight months ago in the southwest of the country still smoulders away underground.

Los Angeles Times

Snowpack in southern Sierra hits all-time record levels, nearly triple its average

LOS ANGELES — After years of extreme drought and dismal snowpack, California has had a remarkably wet winter and is now veering into record-setting territory for snowfall.

Salon

Indigenous leaders negotiate on water

After decades of exclusion, communities most impacted by ongoing drought insist they be heard

Los Angeles Times

Newsom rolls back California drought restrictions after remarkably wet winter

DUNNIGAN, Calif. — On the heels of one of California’s wettest winters on record, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced that he will roll back some of the state’s most severe drought restrictions and dramatically increase water supplies for agencies serving 27 million people.

The Independent UK

California ends some water limits after storms ease drought

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ended some of the state water restrictions

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