The Latest Breaking News from Drought

Not even Flagg could end Duke's 10-year national title drought.

Gaura adds a delicate touch to any summer yard display with its slender, arching stems and endless flowers

El Niño, a climate troublemaker, has long been one of the largest drivers of variability in the global climate. Every few years, the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean seesaws between warm (El Niño) and cold (La Niña) phases. This reshuffles rainfall patterns, unleashing floods, droughts and storms thousands of miles from…

IN FOCUS: An energy crisis in Zambia and Zimbabwe caused by lack of rain has led to plans for a rapid increase in coal power – most backed with money from Chinese firms. Nick Ferris reports

Child marriage and sexual violence plague women and girls as climate change threatens the northern Marsabit region.

IN FOCUS: The climate crisis is already displacing millions of people from their homes as they seek to escape extreme weather events, desertification and drought, writes Alicja Hagopian. With Donald Trump ordering billions of dollars of cuts to climate aid projects, the poorest and most vulnerable countries face even greater…

Led by Paige Bueckers and Sarah Strong, the Huskies head to Tampa in an ideal position to end their nine-year championship drought.

From the southwestern U.S. to Minnesota, Iowa and even parts of New Jersey, it was a dismal winter

The Panama Canal is one of the most important waterways in the world, with about 7% of global trade passing through. It also relies heavily on rainfall. Without enough freshwater flowing in, the canal’s locks can’t raise and lower ships traveling between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Droughts mean fewer…

Questions about funding and infrastructure as biggest flood since 1974 isolates towns and causes ‘soul-destroying’ stock losses

Marcus Rashford scored his first two goals for Aston Villa, who reached the FA Cup semi-finals with a 3-0 win at Preston