Tag: drought
Drought drains the Tigris River
Facts: Tigris The Tigris River is about 190 miles long and flows south from eastern Turkey through Iraq and flows through the cities of Mosul, Baghdad and Basra, among others.…
Egypt faces drought with desalination
In the desert of northwest Egypt, Samira Eid grows eggplant, onions and tomatoes. Because the seawater has found its way into the groundwater here, the land was previously uncultivable. –…
When a mother lost her two children, she fled drought and hunger to Baidoa camp – watch the video letter from Somalia
Watch Pasi Toivonen’s previous video letters: Correspondent’s video letter: What happens if you go to sleep during a power outage? Did you think you already ate the best chips ever?…
After the drought – the French most worried about the climate
– I think it is the first time that people realize the seriousness, because they themselves were affected. After all, there were several villages that lacked water – this summer…
Hundreds of large animals dead during prolonged drought in Kenya
After several consecutive seasons of below-average rainfall, riverbeds have dried up and grasslands have been destroyed. Kenya’s Wildlife Conservation Service, along with several other organizations, has measured the loss of…
in the face of an unprecedented drought, Dar es Salaam rations water
To cope with the drought, the authorities in Tanzania have since October 27 decided to cut off the water every other day. Due to the drying up of the Ruvu…
The drought is not over in France – large parts under water restrictions
The water reservoir “barrage de la Chèze” supplies half a million French people around the city of Rennes with drinking water. But right now it is only half full, and…
End of drought seems in sight: supply of fresh water and navigation ban Leidsche Rijn soon a thing of the past
Province of Utrecht – Many measures taken by the De Stichtse Rijnlanden Water Board to combat the drought in the province of Utrecht and the west of the Netherlands will…
Europe has suffered from a record drought, and the problems are predicted to worsen in Finland as well – experts answer seven questions
Dried up riverbeds, historical discoveries uncovered under water and destroyed grain crops. The European Commission’s joint research center warned in August that the drought could be the worst in Europe…
China faces record heat and drought
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