Drought

The animals set to be killed include 83 elephants, 30 hippos, 60 buffaloes, 50 impalas, 100 blue wildebeest, 300 zebras, and 100 elands. Over 157 animals have already been culled in the African country, yielding about 63 tons of meat.

Water crisis: Nashik women risk life to scrape water off deep dry well. Watch

'We live in Nashik district and there is no water in our village. Every day, some woman or the other climbs down into the well because there has been no rain, hence there is no water. In doing so, they risk their lives to fetch water from the well,' a villager said.

The mounting strains on global shipping

Pirate attacks, Middle East instability and drought are causing disruption and congestion at the world’s ports

Karnataka approaches SC against Centre seeking release of NDRF grants to tackle drought

In October last year, a Central team came to the state conducted an inspection and submitted an Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) report to the union government.

Water crisis: Karnataka has no not seen such a severe drought in 3-4 decades: Deputy CM

Shivakumar said the government has taken "things under its control" and arranged tankers to supply water.

India boosts AI in weather forecasts as floods, droughts increase

Global warming has triggered more intense clashes of weather systems in India in recent years, increasing extreme weather events, which the independent Centre for Science and Environment estimates have killed nearly 3,000 people this year.

Karnataka CM asks district in-charge ministers to submit drought situation report on Nov 15

The Chief Minister's office released the proceedings' for the ministers on Friday which said drinking water requirements for people, cattle, agriculture and industries, fodder, employment scenario, drought relief distribution and various measures to deal with drought in the state have already been discussed in the cabinet meeting.

Maharashtra government declares drought in 40 talukas

The government would urgently seek necessary assistance from the Centre even as the Relief and Rehabilitation Department has been directed to quickly decide on the appropriate relief for the affected areas.

Farmers in Karnataka have incurred loss of Rs 30,000 cr due to drought: Siddaramaiah

Karnataka farmers suffered a Rs 30,000 crore loss from this year's drought, says Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

Karnataka urges Centre to increase employment days to 150 under national scheme as state faces severe drought

The state government has demanded that the Union government should release approximately Rs 475 crore, which has not been paid to the labourers who were employed under the MGNREGS.

120 dolphins found dead in Brazil's Amazon river as water temperature nears 40 degrees. Video

Authorities said that even more acute droughts are expected over the next couple of weeks, which could result in more dolphin deaths,

India's power demand hits five-year high in September: CRISIL

CRISIL MI&A expects power demand to increase 9-10 percent on-year in the second quarter of fiscal 2024, and to rise 5 percent on-year over the full year.

Brazil's Amazon rainforest faces a severe drought that may affect around 500,000 people

The drought is forecast to last longer and be more intense because of El Niño climate phenomenon, which inhibits the formation of rain clouds, the civil defence authority said.

Hiware Bazar village emerges as an oasis amid spectre of drought in Maharashtra

Under the guidance of water conservation activist Popatrao Baguji Pawar, this village maintains a water budget and crop pattern to ensure supply around the year

In Pics: Water shortage and drought in Iraq threatens farmers’ livelihood

Najaf has some of the worst water quality in all of Iraq. As the river runs south, untreated wastewater and chemical fertiliser dumped into it upstream makes the water increasingly unfit for consumption.

Severe drought spreads in Portugal, officials seek EU help

The northeast and southern regions were particularly badly hit, and the dry weather conditions were expected to continue.

This drought-hit Spanish town gets water by truck as temperatures soar: See Pics

Residents of a small town in southern Spain gathered at the main square to collect drinking water as large swathes of the Iberian Peninsula braved unseasonally hot weather that have exacerbated a long drought.

Global rice shortage to be largest in last 20 years: Fitch Solutions

The report released by Fitch Solutions forecasts the global shortfall at 8.7 million tonnes in 2022-23, which is the highest since the deficit of 18.6 million recorded in 2003-04.

IMD monsoon forecast at 12:30 hours IST today: Risk of rain deficit looms large

Companies across several industries such as agriculture, aviation, sports, mining, and retail will be closely watching the weather forecast to help gauge the expectations from this year's monsoon.

El Nino may trigger a drought-like situation in India, warns DS Pai

Temperatures are rising across the country and predictions are for an increase above normal. Punjab farmers are already worried about the rising temperature and its impact on the wheat crop. A 1 degree Celsius increase in the temperature can hit wheat production by 6 metric tonnes, another expert warns.

Extreme global weather can break UPL’s growth tempo 

FMC Corp, a large US based agrochemical company, gave revenue growth guidance of 6 percent for 2023

Argentina in talks with IMF to ease reserves targets amid drought: Sources

The move comes as the South American commodities exporter is facing the worst drought in 60 years, which has pummeled soy, corn and wheat crops, compromising already weak foreign exchange reserves.

How an equitable model of irrigation is changing this drought-prone Maharashtra region

Decades-long struggle of farmers and activists for equitable distribution of water has culminated in a pilot project in Atpadi taluka.

Yearender 2022: Some of the biggest natural disasters that happened around the world

The United States is reeling from the ferocious winter storm. Heavy snow, high winds enveloped much of the US. As of December 27, North America is in the grip of an intense snowstorm, also being called the 'blizzard of the century', which has claimed over 20 lives across United States. The world has witnessed some of the major natural disasters in 2022, which has led to destruction and deaths. As the year comes to an end, let's take a look back at some of the biggest natural disasters around the world in 2022.

Climate change threatens centuries-old oases in Morocco: See Pics

Home to centuries-old oases that have been a trademark of Morocco, this region about 170 miles southeast of Marrakesh is reeling from the effects of climate change, which has created an emergency for the kingdom’s agriculture.