The Latest Breaking News from Drought

From southern Ethiopia to northern Kenya and Somalia, around 22 million people are at risk of hunger as the worst drought in four decades grips the Horn of Africa. The overall figure has almost doubled from 13 million at the start of 2022, the UN's World Food Programme said in…

Over the past four or five years, there has been no notable rise in these groundwater levels - meaning they remain at a low level

The world is "dangerously unprepared" for future pandemics, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) say in a report published on Monday, calling on countries to update their preparedness plans by year-end. In its World Disasters Report 2022, the IFRC said "all countries remain dangerously…

"A few years ago, I would never have imagined that water would be a problem here in Europe"

There has been no significant rise in groundwater levels across Europe, according to new data from satellites orbiting Earth.

The first U.S. Cabinet member to visit Somalia since 2015 is urging the world’s distracted donors to give immediate help to a country facing deadly famine

Rivers and lakes that have nurtured communities since civilisation’s dawn are drying up, as drought leads to hunger, displacement and simmering conflict

The Bengals are in their second straight AFC championship game following a lengthy drought.

More than one-third of the Amazon rainforest may have been degraded by human activity and drought, researchers say, as Brazilian President Lula da Silva urged his French counterpart to attend the upcoming summit of Amazon countries.

Extreme weather filled the Sierra Nevada snowpack, which provides roughly a third of the state’s water supply

Residents of Rio Verde Foothills had their water turned off by Scottsdale, which cites the mega-drought for the move