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Sizzling heat wave blankets US Southwest

Dan Whitcomb and Scott DiSavino, Reuters
Posted at Jun 17 08:54 AM

LOS ANGELES - Much of the western United States baked for a third day on Wednesday under a punishing heat wave that has set temperature records, prompted health warnings and strained power grids. Read more »

‘Worst’ mouse plague devastates farms in latest disaster to hit Australia

Andrew Leeson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 15 06:03 AM

Plagues caused by the feral pest are not uncommon in Australia, but numbers this year have been "just astronomical," says one grain producer. Read more »

Dwindling water level in California’s second largest reservoir

Patrick T. Fallon, AFP
Posted at May 30 12:55 PM

Houseboats are moored at the Lake Oroville reservoir during the California drought emergency on May 25, 2021 in Oroville, California, USA. Summer has not even begun and Lake Oroville, the second-largest reservoir in California that provides drinking water to more than 25 million people, is at less than half of its average capacity at this time of year. Read more »

Drought-hit Taiwan plans more water curbs for chip hubs

Reuters
Posted at May 19 02:59 PM

Taiwan will increase curbs on the use of water from June 1 in the major chip-making hubs of Hsinchu and Taichung in a battle on an islandwide drought, should there be no significant rain by then, the government said on Wednesday. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: April 21, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 21 11:56 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Taiwan sees worst drought in decades

Sam Yeh, AFP
Posted at Apr 21 06:48 PM

An aerial view shows a man walking past pink colored salt fields, caused by no rain, in Tainan, Taiwan on Wednesday. Read more »

Sea goddess, air force C-130s called upon to fight Taiwan drought

Ann Wang, Reuters
Posted at Mar 19 12:23 PM

HSINCHU, Taiwan - Taiwan is drilling wells, seeding clouds and beseeching a gold-faced sea goddess to help the sub-tropical island ride out its most serious drought in about half a century, after rain-soaking typhoons failed to make landfall last year. Read more »

Climate change to bring longer droughts in Europe: study

Amélie Bottollier-Depois and Kelly MacNamara, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 07 06:09 AM

Punishing two-year droughts like the record-breaking one that gripped Central Europe from 2018 to 2019 could become much more frequent if the region fails to curb greenhouse gas emissions, researchers said Thursday, affecting huge swathes of its cultivated land. Read more »

45 million need urgent food aid in southern Africa: UN

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 17 12:26 AM

Low growth, rising population, drought and floods have combined to worsen food insecurity in the region. Read more »

5,000 feral camels killed in drought-hit Australia

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 15 11:01 AM

SYDNEY - Helicopter-borne marksmen killed more than 5,000 camels in a five-day cull of feral herds that were threatening indigenous communities in drought-stricken areas of southern Australia, officials said Tuesday. Read more »

Drought-hit Zimbabwe to transfer thousands of animals

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 12 04:45 AM

HARARE, Zimbabwe—Zimbabwe’s wildlife agency said Monday it would move hundreds of elephants and other animals in a dramatic bid to save them from a lethal drought. Read more »

UN agencies: 45-M people in southern Africa facing food crisis

Reuters
Posted at Nov 01 12:10 AM

A record 45 million people across southern Africa face severe food shortages in the next six months, with around a quarter of them currently enduring drought-induced "crisis" food insecurity, three United Nations agencies warned on Thursday.   Read more »

Water catchment facility in Cebu continues to dry up

Annie Perez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 04 08:14 PM

The Jaclupan catchment facility in Talisay City, Cebu is no longer lake-like, as it continues to dry with little to no water in some of its ponds.  Read more »

Duterte reconvenes El Niño task force

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 16 03:54 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte reactivated the El Niño task force earlier this week in light of forecasts that reduced rainfall may persist until the end of August.   Read more »

Sydney's water supply falling at fastest rate on record due to drought

Mell Chun, Reuters
Posted at Aug 16 03:11 PM

Australia's biggest city Sydney is running down its water supply at the fastest rate on record with dams expected to fall below half maximum capacity due to the worst drought on record, the government said on Friday. Read more »

Nagkakapa: With water shortage, Dumagats’ survival options are drying up

Photographs and video by Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 02 11:57 AM

The Angat reservoir drying up means more misery for those living in Metro Manila as water is rationed, but for the Dumagats the water shortage presents a more distressing situation, one in which their very lives and their future are at immediate risk. Read more »

El Niño crop damage reaches P7.9 billion, says agri dept

Kori Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 02 08:24 PM

The estimate spans 277,890 hectares of agricultural area, affecting some 250,000 farmers and fisherfolk. Read more »

Produksiyon ng hito sa Iloilo, apektado ng tagtuyot

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 02 12:25 AM

Pahirapan naman ang supply ng tubig sa Yolanda relocation sites sa Tacloban City dahil sa epekto ng El Niño. Read more »

Cebu City, isinailalim sa state of calamity dahil sa tagtuyot

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 13 02:04 AM

Isinailalim na sa state of calamity ang Cebu City dahil sa laki ng pinsala ng tagtuyot sa mga pananim. Read more »

El Niño agri losses in Zamboanga City reach P9 million

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 11 05:49 AM

ZAMBOANGA CITY - Damage to agriculture in Zamboanga City due to El Niño has reached P9 million, the city agriculture office said Wednesday. Read more »