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NASA study finds the Middle East faces its worst drought in 900 years that started in 1998
A NASA study has found that the Middle East is currently 18 years into the worst drought in the past 900 years. The current drought began in 1998 in the Eastern Mediterranean region and is directly affecting countries such as Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Cyprus and Turkey, according to NASA.gov.
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Ten Civilizations or Nations That Collapsed From Drought
Drought is the great enemy of human civilization.
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Firefighters
A wildfire that started in western Arizona and jumped the Colorado River into California, near Needles, California, April 6, 2016.
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Drought, suicide and India’s water train
Some regions in India’s west are suffering from the worst drought on record with over 1,100 farmer suicides reported. By Harsha Vadlamani.
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How Does the Fort McMurray Wildfire's Area Compare Across Canada
See how the size of a fire some called ‘the beast’ compares to the size of Canadian cities
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Across Africa, the worst food crisis since 1985 looms for 50 million
Harvest should be the time for celebrations, weddings and full bellies in southern Malawi. But Christopher Witimani, Lilian Matafle and their seven children and four grandchildren had nothing to celebrate last week as they picked their meagre maize crop. Last year’s drought, followed by erratic rains, hit the village of Nkhotakota hard. But this year the rains never came and, for a second year running, the family grain store is empty. If they manage their savings carefully and eat just one small meal a day, they may just have enough food for two more months.
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Donald Trump Tells Drought-stricken California: 'There Is No Drought'
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told California voters Friday that he can solve their water crisis, declaring that: “There is no drought.” Speaking at a rally in Fresno, Calif., Trump accused state officials of denying water to Central Valley farmers so they can send it out to sea “to protect a certain kind of three-inch fish.” “We’re going to solve your water problem. You have a water problem that is so insane. It is so ridiculous where they’re taking the water and shoving it out to sea,” Trump said to cheers at a rally that drew thousands.
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Wildfires in California, New Mexico Trigger Hundreds of Evacuations
Hundreds of people have evacuated to escape a wildfire in coastal Southern California and a larger blaze in rural New Mexico as hot weather feeds the flames, raising health concerns in other regions, officials said on Thursday.
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Southern California Wildfire Spreads as Blazes Hit Parched States
A wildfire fed by parched land and high winds spread in southern California on Saturday, forcing hundreds of people to leave their homes as the blaze formed destructive columns of flames known as fire tornadoes.
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80 Homes Burned, 1,500 Threatened in 'Extremely Dangerous, Extremely Volatile' Fire in Kern County,California
A fast-moving fire that has already destroyed 80 homes and scorched 8,000 acres is now bearing down on several other communities in eastern Kern County, according to authorities.
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Fort McMurray Wildfire Costliest Insured Disaster in Canadian History at nearly $3.6B
The massive Fort McMurray wildfire that led to a mass evacuation of the northern Alberta city has become the costliest disaster for insurers in Canadian history, according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada.
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Santa Clarita Area Fire Grows to more than 22,000 Acres
The brush fire raging in the rugged mountains in the Santa Clarita Valley grew to more than 22,000 acres overnight as firefighters struggle to gain control of the wildfire amid a brutal heat wave.
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Connecting the Dots on 2016’s Extreme Summer Weather and Global Warming
The extreme weather events of 2016 show the deadly fingerprints of global warming, scientists say.
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Violence in Southern India As Top Court Orders Water Sharing
Supreme Court orders Karnataka state to release water from disputed river to neighboring Tamil Nadu after violence erupted in both states over water sharing
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'The New Normal': California's Drought could Hang Around for Centuries, Canadian Researcher Says
California is entering its sixth year of a record drought, but it's the long-term forecast that has experts worried. The forever drought could be the new normal. It's already affecting what you eat.
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'Catastrophe' Seen by South Africa Agriculture Due to Drought
Nation’s weather service says possibility of La Nina uncertain.
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U.S. Southwest faces threat of megadroughts with rising temps
Already dealing with parched conditions, the U.S. Southwest faces the threat of megadroughts this century as temperatures rise, says a new study that found the risk is reduced if heat-trapping gases are curbed. Oppressive dry spells lasting at least two decades have gripped the Southwest before, but scientists said future megadroughts would be hotter and more severe, putting a strain on water resources. The study, published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, is the latest to find that droughts more extreme than what is currently being experienced could become more common as the planet warms.
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California drought: 36m trees dead since May, raising toll to more than 102m
The California drought has killed more than 102m trees in a die-off of forests that increases the risk of catastrophic wildfires and other threats to humans, officials said on Friday. The latest aerial survey by the US Forest Service shows there are 36m more dead trees since May in the state and there has been a 100% increase since 2015.
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Two of Nation's Worst Droughts See Significant Improvement
Southern California and parts of the South both saw improvement in drought conditions this week.
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Drought, That is Caused by Climate Change, is Causing Mass Tree Mortality in Forests Worldwide
In an analysis published in the journal Ecology Letters, the authors suggest that forests globally are at risk from the increased severity and frequency of droughts. The results show that trees across the world show a similar response, with death increasing consistently when drought severity increases. Dr Sarah Greenwood, a Postdoctoral Researcher in Stirling’s Faculty of Natural Sciences, explained that they have noticed that the death of trees caused by drought is consistent around the world and across diverse environments.
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