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Severe water scarcity in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro could see taps running dry soon if the officials dont find solutions to the crisis.

The Minister of Water Resources Li Guoying on Saturday called for efforts to take precautionary measures for flood control and drought relief work in a bid to safeguard the security of people's lives and property and ensure the water supply.

ARLINGTON, Ore. (AP) — Driving down a windy canyon road in northern Oregon rangeland, Jordan Maley and April Aamodt are on the look out for Mormon crickets, giant insects that can ravage crops. “There’s one right there,” Aamodt says.

China to take precautionary measures for flood, drought relief-

The mayor of Milan has signed an ordinance turning off public decorative fountains and limiting water sprinklers as northern Italy endures one of the worst droughts in decades

Be punished. we need to separate politics from humanitarian action. afghans have struggled to survive the last ten months. millions do not have enough to eat. we had the worst droughts in seven years. and this is the worst earthquake. politics need to be put aside to save lives, to engage the taliban. they came to power as a result of the western abandonment and betrayal of afghans. i was in afghanistan in march and saw the extreme poverty and hunger that was heartbreaking. we need to help with ...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada Supreme Court ruling on Thursday has set new precedent for how the state can manage groundwater in areas with severe drought. In a 4-3 ruling issued Thursday to settle a water dispute in Diamond Valley, a rural Eureka County farm area, the court said groundwater management plans established in areas that are losing groundwater supply quickly can deviate from the longstanding senior water rights doctrine.

U.S. Forest Service employees made multiple miscalculations, used inaccurate models and underestimated how dry conditions were, causing a planned burn to reduce the threat of wildfires to turn into the

Before this earthquake came along. not only have they been dealing with natural disaster, flooding, droughts, they also have this economic crisis, which means that one estimate in march put it at 95% of households that dont have enough to eat. the taliban says they are going to be handing money to people injured and the families of those killed, but thats pretty bold considering this is a government thats extremely strapped for cash and cant afford to feed its own people. >> those images are rea...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Cooler and wetter weather this spring has alleviated drought concerns in much of Idaho but spurred grass growth that could cause large rangeland wildfires in the southern part of the state as plants dry out this summer, wildfire forecasters told the Idaho Land Board on Tuesday.