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Heat, drought, fires threaten Lebanon’s northern forests

  • Rainfall has been below average this year in Lebanon
  • A 13-day heatwave last month was “the most severe recorded in terms of the number of days, the area affected and the exceptional temperatures”
By AFP ·

Drought in Spain empties reservoirs, forces limits on water use

By Reuters ·

UN says Somalia faces a ‘dire hunger emergency’ but aid has been cut to millions over lack of funding

By AP ·

Scientists: Climate change worsened Eastern Africa drought

By AP ·

In grim drought, Tunisians ration water in state-ordered ban

By AP ·

Tunisia introduces water quota system due to severe drought

By Reuters ·

Some in dry Somalia break Ramadan fast with little but water

By AP ·

Somalia drought ‘extremely critical’ but no famine projected

By AP ·

Argentine grain harvests threatened by persistent drought

By AFP ·

Hundreds protest lack of water in Iran’s drought-hit west

By Arab News ·

First drought, now downpours as storms slam France, England

By AP ·

Drought officially declared in several parts of England

By AFP ·

Portugal sets new July heat record, worsening severe drought

By AP ·

Driest July in memory imperils Europe’s crops

By AFP ·

Britain begins drought planning after record heatwave

By Reuters ·

Famine looms in Horn of Africa after four seasons of poor rains

By AFP ·

Fleeing drought, hunger in rural areas, thousands trek to Somalia’s capital

By AP ·

For war-scarred Iraq, climate crisis the next great threat

By AFP ·

Bus-sized sinkholes appearing in Turkey threaten harvest

By AFP ·

Sindh pins big hopes on small dams to help Pakistani farmers beat drought

By Reuters ·

Taps and reservoirs run dry as Moroccan drought hits farmers

By Reuters ·

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