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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The wet spring has helped improve drought conditions across North Dakota. The Bismarck Tribune reported Friday that the latest U.S.

At least 35 children have died in recent weeks due to drought and conflict in Ethiopia’s northeastern Afar region, according to a local hospital and the medical charity Doctors Without Borders

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — After decades of fighting farmers in court over how much water they can take out of California's rivers and streams, some state lawmakers want to try something different: use taxpayer money to buy out farmers.

Predicting severe weather events can help save lives. The European Space Agency has set up a special program using satellite data to try to forecast severe storms or drought. The technology is already helping shape responses to climate change.

MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Better climate-related research and early warning systems are needed as extreme weather — from cyclones to drought — continues to inflict the African continent, said Sudanese billionaire and philanthropist Mo Ibrahim, who heads up his own foundation.

Two U.N. food agencies are warning of multiple, looming food crises on the planet

Municipalities, especially in the Karoo, will face hostilities from residents that could instigate social instability

Two U.N. food agencies are warning of multiple, looming food crises on the planet. Climate “shocks” including droughts and flooding, the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in

The pond is full again at Upingaksraq Spring Alaska Schreiner’s high desert farm. It’s a welcome sight for Schreiner, who owns Sakari Farms north of Bend, Oregon. Last summer, as drought punished Central Oregon, Schreiner’s irrigation district stopped delivering water.

California is taking tough steps to ration water amid a megadrought so severe that even ancient trees haven't experienced anything as bad before. On Wednesday, more than 6...