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Chad climate disaster leaves record 2.1 million people hungry

Severe drought followed by the worst floods in 30 years have led to rocketing food prices and left a record 2.1 million people in Chad acutely hungry, according to United Nations agencies.

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Michael Cunningham: Underdog Phillies immediately show Braves this won’t be easy

ATLANTA — The Phillies ended their postseason drought at 10 years only because MLB added an extra wild card this year. They were the lowest seed to make it through the wild-card round. The Phillies are up against the Braves in the National League Division Series. The defending World Series…

Tribune News Service

Karnataka’s men end National Games hockey title drought with sudden death win over Uttar Pradesh

Rani Rampal’s goal the difference as Haryana pip Punjab to the women’s title

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The NHL season starts today. Here are 4 storylines to follow as hockey begins

The Colorado Avalanche are looking to become hockey's third back-to-back champion in just eight years, while the Toronto Maple Leafs will try once again to break their five-decade Stanley Cup drought.

WEKU

Second world war ‘Ghost Boat’ emerges in California lake, puzzling officials

The drought hit Lake Shasta coughed up a Higgins vehicle and experts are struggling to explain its presence

The Guardian - US

"There's just not enough water": California drought hits grocery stores

Grocery prices, already at record highs, could climb even more.

Axios

Iraq Drought Displaces 1,200 Families in Parched South

Some 1,200 Iraqi families have been forced out of southern marshes and farmlands over the past six months, a local official told AFP, as drought ravages swathes of the country. The Mesopotamian Marshes, a UNESCO World Heritage site, have been battered by low rainfall and reduced flows in the Tigris…

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Spain’s wetlands are drying up: heat and intense farming threaten the Donana

In southern Spain, the Donana National Park, one of the largest wetlands in Europe, has run dry. A year and a half ago, UNESCO declared the area "overexploited", but since then it has also been the victim of an extreme drought. Ecologists say action is urgent, but many locals say…

France 24

UK’s lost leadership role hurts Somalia’s fight against famine, says drought envoy

Britain is no longer the key humanitarian player and ‘great ally’ it once was, says envoy trying to get support for Somalia’s drought

The Guardian - UK

World War II-era boat revealed as drought continues to shrink Northern California lake

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A World War II-era boat has emerged at Shasta Lake, the latest historical reveal caused by the continuing drought in the Western United States.

Tribune News Service

‘The US dammed us up’: how drought is threatening Navajo ties to ancestral lands

As climate crisis chokes Arizona, tribal regions often lack natural resources and are most vulnerable to the impacts of drought

The Guardian - US

Mississippi barge backup stalls millions of tons of cargo

Prolonged drought is jeopardizing waterborne trade along the Mississippi River, a basin that produces 92% of the nation’s agricultural exports.

Tribune News Service

Prolonged drought brings famine, death and fear to Somalia

Somalis say the current drought is worse than any they can remember, with thousands of people dying and a rare famine declaration possible as soon as this month.

ABC News

Rudan spearheads latest Wanderers reboot

Western Sydney Wanderers begin a new A-League Men's campaign on Sunday, aiming to end a longstanding finals drought.

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Big Game Hunting: Illini take on Iowa with a shot at a Top 25 breakthrough in the balance

Illinois hasn’t appeared in the rankings since since 2011, the longest drought in college football.

The Independent UK

Drought takes toll on country’s largest cotton producer

Drought and extreme heat have severely damaged much of the cotton harvest in the U.S., which produces roughly 35% of the world’s crop

Tribune News Service

Matt Calkins: End of Mariners' playoff drought never in doubt for always-positive Rick Rizzs

SEATTLE — On a scale of 1 to Rick Rizzs, how much joy did you feel Friday when Cal Raleigh clinched a playoff berth for the Mariners?

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From drought babies to rain babies, families in western Queensland welcome drenching

In a change from dry conditions, families whose babies were born during the drought are now welcoming "rain babies" born in the record-breaking wet.

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The Texas Tribune

EPA will center climate change response in Texas on sea level rise, floods, drought and severe storms

The federal agency plans to increase efforts to help states adapt to the effects of climate change most damaging to each region.

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: How food prices and the climate crisis brought famine to Somalia once more

In today’s newsletter: One million people have already been displaced by the country’s second famine in just over ten years. This is how Somalia found itself in a dire situation once again

Axios

Climate change fingerprints found all over this summer's scorching droughts

Global warming made drought conditions that gripped much of the Northern Hemisphere 20 times more likely, study finds.

The Independent UK

Climate change made summer drought 20 times more likely

Widespread drought that dried up large parts of Europe, the United States and China this past summer was made 20 times more likely by climate change, according to a new study

The Guardian - UK

Climate crisis made summer drought 20 times more likely, scientists find

Record northern hemisphere drought in 2022 hit crops and power stations, worsening food and energy crises

The Conversation

Megadroughts helped topple ancient empires. We’ve found their traces in Australia’s past, and expect more to come

Most Australians have known drought in their lifetimes, and have memories of cracked earth and empty streams, paddocks of dust and stories of city reservoirs with only a few weeks’ storage. But our new research finds over the last 1,000 years, Australia has suffered longer, larger and more severe droughts…

The Guardian - US

Thousands of salmon found dead as Canada drought dries out river

A lack of rain on the western coasts saw 65,000 dead salmon wash up on the creek

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