The Latest Breaking News from Drought

A severe drought that has reduced water levels in the Panama Canal threatens to boost shipping costs that may keep inflation elevated, a new challenge to global central banks as they seek to contain inflation. Water levels at Gatun Lake, which feeds the locks in the Panama Canal to raise...

Action set to slow population growth for one of the most rapidly expanding areas of the US amid ‘megadrought’

The banks of Llyn Peris in Snowdonia are very low, but concerns about drought have been eased

Arizona will not approve new housing construction on the fast-growing edges of metro Phoenix that rely on groundwater thanks to years of overuse and a multi-decade drought worsened by climate change

Europe felt the harsh impact of the climate crisis last year, with drought devastating crops and heatwaves killing more than 20,000 people.

SINGAPORE: Early signs of hot, dry weather caused by El Nino are threatening food producers across Asia, while American growers are counting on heavier summer rains from the weather phenomenon to alleviate the impact of severe drought.

NEW DELHI: The great Matthew Hayden reckons India's title drought in ICC events in the past decade has to come down to the players' mindset as skill was never an issue and has advised them to "forget about the outcome" going into the World Test Championship final against Australia.

There is a surprisingly wide range of vegetables to discover that can cope without lots of water

The Queensland government has lifted drought declarations in nine local government areas after an improvement in conditions. But a complete recovery is still some way off.

The Bureau of Meteorology forecasts parched conditions across virtually all of Australia this winter as a double whammy of drought-linked climate drivers brew in waters to the west and east.

Ecosystems like South Australia's Coorong could be at risk from extended dry conditions if environmental action isn't taken immediately, experts say.