Category: Drought & Fires

Fierce Forest fires kill 94 in China through late April

BEIJING, Forest fires killed 94 people and injured 72 others from Jan. 1 to April 24, an official of

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Raging Wildfire burns Canary Island world heritage site

MADRID. Hundreds of Spanish fire fighters, backed by planes and helicopters, were fighting on Monday to stop a fire

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Hundreds flee US wildfires

Five hundred homes have been evacuated in California after the first wildfire of the year broke out near Los

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Russian forest fires spreading

Russia is experiencing its worst forest fires in thirty years. Two people have been killed and hundreds of families

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Drought exposes sunken town

Water levels are so low in Spain that a medieval village that was flooded to make a reservoir, has

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Drought hits millions in Thai rice region

More than 10 million people in parts of Thailand's rice bowl region have been hit by drought, the government

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Extreme weather starving Uganda’s pastoralists

The semi-arid region has typically experienced drought since the 1960s, every five to 10 years. But since 2000, the phenomenon

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China drought leaves 670,000 without drinking water

BEIJING, April 13 (Reuters) - A drought in China's northeast Liaoning province has left nearly 700,000 people without drinking

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Drought Ridden Farmers Commit Suicide in India

LUCKNOW, India -- Authorities in northern India have banned the sale of a cheap variety of hair dye after

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Scientists predict more floods, droughts

BUDAPEST, Hungary - Scientists predicted Thursday that climate change in coming decades will cause more flooding in the Northern

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