UN warns record strong El Nino will add fuel to a burning planet
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A strengthening El Nino has already broken records for intensity at its early stages,…
Danube River reaches record low water levels during prolonged drought
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — As wildfires rage in France and Spain and a renewed heat wave is bearing…
Lake Powell shrinks and marinas must adapt
PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Matt Barrett has seen Lake Powell drop nearly every year since 2013 or so,…
Puerto Ricans face water rationing as drought worsens
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico announced water rationing measures on Thursday as a drought grips…
Brush fire in remote area northeast of Los Angeles prompts evacuations
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A fast-spreading blaze prompted evacuation orders Friday afternoon in a sparsely populated area of…
Kansas wheat crop could be worst since 1972 because of weather extremes
MONTEZUMA, Kan. (AP) — Orville Williams has had a healthy wheat crop on his 2,600-acre farm in Montezuma,…
Colorado River water releases aim to help Lake Powell electricity
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Canyons in eastern Utah will churn this spring with huge volumes of water…
Record drought hits US, which is bad for food prices, fires and water
Drought in the contiguous United States has reached record levels for this time of year, weather data shows.…
Drought threatens the myrrh tree that’s central to luxury perfumes and African incomes
AFCADDE, Ethiopia (AP) — The critical note in some of the world’s most well-known perfumes is myrrh, a…
Colorado River talks stall as Arizona, California and Nevada press US West
PHOENIX (AP) — The seven Western states that depend on the Colorado River missed a deadline for the…
Short rainy seasons are killing Kenyan livestock
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Drought conditions have left over 2 million people facing hunger in parts of Kenya,…
In Hungary, farmers battling ever-drier conditions tap a spa’s overflow water for help
KISKUNMAJSA, Hungary (AP) — Oszkár Nagyapáti climbed to the bottom of a sandy pit on his land on…