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Alerts In an aerial view, boat docks at the Browns Ravine Cove sit on dry earth at Folsom Lake on May 10, 2021 in El Dorado Hills, California. Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) California is in trouble. Drought has returned to the state in a major way, and bone-dry docks are just the tip of the devastating problems facing the state. Currently, 41 of California’s 58 counties are in a drought state of emergency, affecting approximately 30% of the state’s population. As we move into the...

Ipswich’s main water supply is at its lowest level in more than a decade. Are water restrictions on the way?

A real challenge because this is not the 1st shock to his this region this year were actually coming off the back of 2 back to back failed rainy season so up until a few weeks ago we were dealing with drought response in these areas and were also of course dealing with violence in conflict in many areas across the region with millions of people displaced and refugees in all of these countries so this is coming as an additional burden on top of the already stretched humanitarian response across t...

Doesnt mean that were in the clear we do anticipate based on the forecast that we will have more rains in the weeks ahead so how we prepared well this is a real challenge because this is not the 1st shock to his this region this year were actually coming off the back of 2 back to back they have rainy season so up until a few weeks ago we were dealing with drought response in these areas and were also of course dealing with violence in conflict in many areas across the region with millions of peo...

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