The village has successfully transformed its agricultural practices, rejuvenated groundwater levels, and set an example for neighbouring regions through its proactive initiatives.
About 130 hippopotamuses are stranded in the mud in northeastern Namibia, as water levels continue to drop due to severe drought, a government official said Wednesday.
Drought, a slow-moving phenomenon, can cause significant damage and displacement in affected communities, but its impact varies from region to region, which includes pivotal factors like the GDP of that region, a newly conducted study shows.
According to the Meteorological Department, Chhattisgarh has received an average rainfall of 218 millimeters so far, which is 29 per cent less than the normal level.
Furthermore, where there is no alternative source of drinking water supply, water is being supplied through tankers, he said, adding that tankers are being deployed for water in Shimla, Kullu and Kangra districts.
Turkey has experienced the Turkey August in the last 33 years, the country’s meteorological authority said. In a report, the…
About 90,000 people in four provinces of Sri Lanka have been affected by droughts with Jaffna being the worst hit district, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) said on Sunday.
Kenyan authorities said that country was ramping up drought response interventions to mitigate the impacts of the deteriorating drought, which has left more than 6 million people food insecure.
Turkey is experiencing a severe drought as dams around the country's major cities have reached low levels amid a lack of rain and an unusually warm winter stemming from global climate change.
Human-caused climate change made agricultural and ecological droughts in the North Hemisphere extratropics at least 20 times more likely, the researchers found.
