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China's agriculture ministry says it will try to protect its grain harvest from record-setting drought by using chemicals to generate rain

Power grid because of spikes in air-conditioning use and hydropower plants that are struggling to meet demand. droughts are sweeping across the country. part of chinas youngest river and other res reservoirs have completely dried up. villagers line up with their buckets. in the south the heat and droughts are ravaging crops, impacting 159 million acres of arable land. many regions are taking desperate measures. central hubei province is firing rockets into the sky with chemicals to help clouds p...

Field and really trying to clean it up at that point. this is two out of four years we had droughts that affect us. but, again, this year is worse because it hit earlier. im hoping it is a cycle. looking forward, that we can manage. and, but, you know, we dont know what is going to happen. >> do you consider this a climate emergency? >> you know, were in a -- were in a climate emergency, in my part of the state, were more coastal, were only about ten miles from the coast. we get a lot of coastal...

Extreme weather is wreaking havoc upon virtually all of the world’s largest cotton suppliers.

Authorities have been searching for days for an Arizona woman reported missing after being swept away by floodwaters in Utah’s Zion National Park as strong seasonal rain storms hit parts of the U.S. Southwest

Reversing a decision of president trump to withdraw all u.s. troops from the country. in 2020, it attacked a u.s. base in northern somalia and killed three u.s. servicemen. amara? >> larry madowo, appreciate your reporting, thank you. just ahead, the daughter of one of vladimir putins closest advisers is killed when her car explodes. what were learning about that is next. also, families are hit by rising prices getting quite the sticker shock when going back to school shopping. how much extr...

SIRMIONE Italy (AP) — Italy’s worst drought in decades has reduced Lake Garda, the country's largest lake, to near its lowest level ever recorded, exposing swaths of previously underwater rocks and warming the water to temperatures that approach the average in the Caribbean Sea.

A disaster looms in the horn of africa. more than 20 million people are facing extreme hunger among one of the worst droughts in decades. sam kylie reports on the impact on this crisis on the most vulnerable. >> reporter: it is not a coffin he is being measured for. it is to keep him from the grave. he is acutely mall nourished. this boy is about 2 and cant walk. theres food for the youngest. but nothing for the other children. except far little wheat ground into a handful of flour.

On a large sphere of issues. as always i really appreciate your time. thanks so much. >> thanks for having me. youre in the cnn newsroom. theyre living through one of the worst droughts in decades. 22 million people in the horn of africa are struggling to find food. well show you, coming up. ♪ ♪ahh yeah♪ ♪ ♪step to rhythm like♪ ♪youre going out tonight♪ ♪dance get with the groove andd♪ ♪dance get up and move lets♪ ♪dance kick off your shoes and♪ ♪show me how you�...

New blasts of extreme weather are taking a toll around the globe Friday. The latest in a series of fierce heat waves has moved into the U.S. Northwest and heavy rains and droughts have spread over portions of Europe and Asia. William Brangham has our report.