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Interior Ministry bids to boost water in drought areas
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/12/2019
» The Interior Ministry is struggling to prepare water stocks for consumption until July next year as water crisis this year is expected to be as severe as the one in 2015.
Snipers to cull 10,000 camels in drought-stricken Australia
AFP, Published on 08/01/2020
» SYDNEY: Snipers took to helicopters in Australia on Wednesday to begin a mass cull of up to 10,000 camels as drought drives big herds of the feral animals to search for water closer to remote towns, endangering indigenous communities.
Drought cuts Thai sugar output to 9-year low
Published on 01/02/2020
» PUNE, India: Sugar production in Thailand is expected to fall 28% to a nine-year low of 10.5 million tonnes in the current crop season as drought curtails cane supplies, according to Rangsit Hiangrat, director-general of Thai Sugar Millers Corp.
Taylor ends drought to send England through alongside Italy
AFP, Published on 15/06/2019
» LE HAVRE (FRANCE) - Jodie Taylor broke a 14-month goal drought to shoot England past Argentina and into the last 16 of the women's World Cup on Friday after Cristiana Girelli's hat-trick saw the Italians through with a 5-0 hammering of hapless Jamaica.
Kabul faces water crisis as drought, population strain supply
AFP, Published on 11/01/2019
» KABUL - Standing in his garden in Kabul, Baz Mohammad Kochi oversees the drilling of a new well more than 100 metres deep after his first water reservoir dried up. He is not alone.
Historic drought threatens California farms supplying much US food
AFP, Published on 09/08/2021
» REEDLEY (UNITED STATES) - In the valleys of central California, the search for water has turned into an all-out obsession as the region suffers through a drought that could threaten the US food supply.
Drought leads to rising water costs for rice farmers
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/01/2022
» Rice farmers in Nakhon Sawan are being forced to buy water for 500 baht per rai as drought has hit many provinces.
US mega drought makes boating rough on Lake Mead
AFP, Published on 03/07/2022
» LAKE MEAD (UNITED STATES) - In the 15 years since Adam Dailey began boating on Lake Mead, the shoreline has receded hundreds of meters, the result of more than two decades of punishing drought that is drying out the western United States.
US drought exposes murky mob past of Las Vegas
AFP, Published on 04/07/2022
» LAS VEGAS: Mobsters who end up sleeping with the fishes are usually never seen again.
England's drought-hit summer 2022 joint hottest on record
AFP, Published on 02/09/2022
» LONDON - England had its joint hottest summer on record this year, tied with 2018, the country's meteorological agency said Thursday as it unveiled provisional mean temperature statistics for the three-month period.