Drought

If water is the lifeblood of planet Earth, the American south-west is in big trouble. John Wesley Powell, the one-armed US army civil war veteran...

Verdant hillsides losing their hue, receding reservoirs with bathtub rings of newly exposed earth, crops withering in the fields. These are the visions of California’s...

I have always told you to do so... Prep for water and grow your own food! After one of the warmest, driest springs on...

Every five or so years, it rips me apart to watch the same tragedy: a La Niña weather cycle brings devastating drought and hunger...

There’s a chance water levels in the two largest man-made reservoirs in the United States could dip to critically low levels by 2025, jeopardizing...

A derecho's hurricane-force winds slammed through about half of Chad West's 4,500 acres of corn and soybeans Aug. 10. Now, the drought is burning up the rest...

A historic megadrought is parching the American West. And with global temperatures only set to rise further, the emerging crisis is now thought to...

In the 1930s, the United States was suffering from the most severe drought in its history, the "Dust Bowl." And be prepared to bite the...

Water restrictions for you, and endless supply for them. A foreign corporate giant is snapping up 89 BILLION liters of Australia's water as the country...

At least 105 elephants have died in Zimbabwe's wildlife reserves, most of them in Mana and the larger Hwange National Park in the past...

A severe drought is plaguing east China's Anhui Province, leaving crops damaged and drinking water supplies disrupted. A total of 45 cities and counties have...

A Hydrology expert says his research suggests South Africa is experiencing its worst drought in a thousand years. Dr Gideon Groenewald says small towns...

A long-lost underwater buddhist temple, called Wat Nong Bua Yai, has reemerged in central Thailand, following an extreme drought that is slowly drying up all...

Namibia looks to sell 1,000 wild animals to game farms as national parks run out of water. Six hundred buffaloes, 28 elephants and 60 giraffes set...

The southernmost portion of Southeast Alaska, the state's wettest region, including Ketchikan, Prince of Wales Island, Wrangell and Metlakatla, has been in a drought...

Manila has been hit by its worst water shortage in years, leaving bucket-bearing families to wait hours to fill up from tanker trucks and...

MONTHS of drought have left the Rhine river and the Danube river at a record low, dealing a blow to the economy and exposing...

111 horses have died on tribal land in northern Arizona, apparently after getting trapped in a muddy stock pond over the past week. Photos...

Many citizens are resigning themselves to dry dams and a complete shutdown of their taps in Cape Town, South Africa. But, as we’ve seen...

While North America's east coast is experiencing dramatic low temperatures, Australia's heatwave is so hot it's causing the roads to MELT. The Bureau of...

The Southern California region is a tinderbox right now! The annual wet season has begun in Southern California almost without rainfall and this drought...

Suddenly what was once thought to be a problem confined to the third world has arrived in southern Europe. The Douro River is 60 percent...

And suddenly a lost Spanish town has emerged from the deep. Old ruins of Mansilla de la Sierra normally hidden beneath waters of a massive...

The weird weather continues battling the US. While flash floods engulfed Flint, Michigan and over 3 inches of rain flooded Boston, Massachusetts, 12% of Montana...

Scientists have discovered a vast quantity of groundwater under California’s drought-stricken Central Valley. This incredible discovery is tempered by the need to protect the water...

Dozens of crocodiles and fish die every day due to the disappearing water in Rio Pilcomayo, Paraguay. And the drought situation will only reverse in...

There is a new 200-foot long mystery island in the middle of Pinto Lake, California since March 10, 2016. This mysterious piece of wetland broke off during extreme...

Considered as the second largest lake of Bolivia, after Lake Titicaca, Poopó has virtually disappeared. This lake, formely home of multitude of endemic species, is...

A 16th century ancient Mexican church has re-emerged from a reservoir in Mexico due to lack of rain. The ruins of the colonial church re-appeared...

Today, thousands of fish lay dead in what used to be Mountain Meadows Reservoir, also known as Walker Lake. And how this popular fish pond...

Have you ever sighted a firenado? Yes, you know, a tornado of fire? A so-called “firenado”, with the appearance of a tornado on fire, was...

The water level of Lake mead is shrinking fast. But reveals some underwater treasures. The drought in the West is hurting Nevada's Lake Mead in the...

They prayed for rain! But didn't ask for a deluge! After two days of torrential rain, the south-central part of Chile is being wreaked havoc by floods,...

Four years of California drought have had a severe effect on the national forests. At least 12 million trees have died and will continue to die...

Temperature oddity in Alaska!  Alaska set numerous record high temperatures in the past couple of weeks, even in towns north of the Arctic Circle. In...

The water level at Lake Mead hit its lowest point of elevation at 1,079 feet on May 1 2015. It is dropping one foot a...

It is so hot in Santiago de Chile that the Costanera Center - the tallest building in Latin America - is literally melting down! A pretty cool...

An enormous and wild dust storm has engulfed Bedourie, a small town in Queensland, Australia. The sand storm was so intense that it turned the...

This is the worst drought hitting Brazil in decades! It is even threatening water supplies to the country's biggest city, Sao Paolo. It is the worst...

Besides the extreme drought, The Meadow fire is one of the most tragic natural disasters sweeping across California these days. And this timelapse video of...