Tag: Drought & Fires

Natural Disasters cost China nearly $200 billion last year

BEIJING -- China says natural disasters including the devastating Sichuan earthquake cost the country almost $200 billion last year. The

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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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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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Humans help mosquitoes spread disease

Humans adjusting to water shortages caused by global warming could help a dengue fever-carrying mosquito expand into new parts

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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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Natural Disasters Become More Catastrophic

A research suggested that the number of natural disasters stemming from geological reasons such as earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis

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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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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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