Category: Drought & Fires

Australian wildlife devastated by fires, say carers

Cuddly Australian icons such as kangaroos and koalas have been "devastated" by the bushfires that have razed swathes of

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96 dead – Australian Wildfires worst in history

BBC - The death toll from bush fires in southern Australia has reached 96, the worst in the country's

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750 houses lost in Australia’s deadliest Wildfires

HEALESVILLE, Australia -- A spokesman says fire officials have confirmed that 750 houses have been destroyed in Australia's deadly

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The Big Dry: ‘Wicked’ warming dries Australian rivers to historic lows

Climate change is combining with Australia's record-breaking drought to strangle the nation's largest river system, threatening to devastate food

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California facing worst drought in history

State officials reported a Sierra Nevada snowpack smaller than normal on Thursday and said California may be at the

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Drought affects 7.9 Million hectares of wheat farmland in China

China's Ministry of Agriculture said on Tuesday that lack of rainfall in major wheat-growing provinces has brought drought to

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At least 19 deaths in sweltering Australia

A SIGNIFICANTLY higher than average number of sudden deaths have occurred across Adelaide on the third consecutive day of

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Argentina faces disaster amid devastating drought

Argentina has convened its National Farm Emergency Commission to discuss coping with the drought that has devastated production across

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Floods, drought, mosquito disease aim at Europe

PARIS (AFP) - Climate change will amplify the risk of flooding in northwestern Europe, water scarcity and forest fires

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Drought and soaring food prices threaten millions of Somalis

ROME (Reuters) - Soaring food prices, a devalued currency and drought mean millions of people in Somalia cannot feed

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