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FOOD RUINED BY DROUGHT COULD FEED MORE THAN 80M A DAY, SAYS WORLD BANK
The World Bank said women that were born in droughts bore the marks for their entire lives, growing up mentally and physically stunted, undernourished and unwell... READ MORE›
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GIRL 3 BRAIN DAMAGED AT BIRTH RECEIVES HSE APOLOGY... COURTS
Deforestation in the Amazon River basin, hundreds of miles away, may also be adding to Sao Paulo's water crisis... READ MORE›
WATER RELIEF FOR 8,000 THIRSTY ELEPHANTS NEGLECTED BY ZIMBABWE
As a drought-inducing El Nino settled over southern Africa in 2016, the animals of Hwange national park in Zimbabwe faced desperate water shortages... READ MORE›
US FACES WORST DROUGHTS IN 1,000 YEARS, PREDICT SCIENTISTS
Climate change is likely to cause decade-long mega-droughts across US south-west and Great Plains, new study shows... READ MORE›
OBAMA DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY IN FLINT WATER CRISIS
-- President Obama on Saturday declared a federal emergency in Flint, meaning federal financial aid will be available to assist with the drinking water crisis... READ MORE›
FOUR BILLION PEOPLE FACE SEVERE WATER SCARCITY, NEW RESEARCH FINDS
The new work also showed 1.8 billion people suffer severe water scarcity for at least half of every year... READ MORE›
'WE WOKE UP IN A DESERT' THE WATER CRISIS TAKING HOLD ACROSS EGYPT
Egypt, once celebrated as the gift of the Nile, is in the grips of a serious water crisis... READ MORE›
TRILOBITES TWO-THIRDS OF THE WORLD FACES SEVERE WATER SHORTAGES
Severe water scarcity can lead to crop failure and low crop yields, which could cause food price increases as well as famine and widespread starvation... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA ORDERS STATE'S LARGEST EVER WATER CUTS AS CRIPPLING DROUGHT CONTINUES
California state regulators have ordered farmers and others to reduce their water consumption, with the largest cuts in the states history... READ MORE›
8 STATES RUNNING OUT OF WATER
Exceptional drought 0.0 percent With more than one-quarter of the state's land under severe drought conditions, nearly 2.8 million people in South Carolina live in drought areas... READ MORE›
AMERICANS' TASTE FOR MEXICAN BEER SUCKING UP WATER SUPPLY, MAYOR SAYS
Constellation Brands said in 2014 that the Nava brewery would implement water-conservation practices and recycle 30 percent of the water it uses... READ MORE›
WATER RATIONING INTRODUCED AS BOLIVIA DROUGHT WORSENS
Authorities have declared water rationing in La Paz to be a permanent measure as the drought in Bolivia worsens... READ MORE›
FLINT, MICHIGAN WATER CONTAMINATION: OBAMA DECLARES EMERGENCY
US President Barack Obama declares a state of emergency in Flint, Michigan, where the water has become contaminated with lead... READ MORE›
CARIBBEAN SWELTERS UNDER WORST DROUGHT IN FIVE YEARS
The worst drought in five years is creeping across the Caribbean... READ MORE›
A PARCHED WORLD A DRYER HOSE AND AN OAKVILLE TEEN WITH A VISION
Calvin Rieder, 19, has been trying to solve the world's water problems since Grade 7. Lost cause? Far from it... READ MORE›
IT'S NOT JUST WATER THAT'S POISONING OUR KIDS; IT'S ALSO OUR COLLAPSING DEMOCRACY
A water scandal at Shawnigan Lake can be a litmus test for BC voters... READ MORE›
'I WOULD BE BESIDE MYSELF' IF MY KIDS LIVED IN FLINT
Speaking in Detroit, President Obama pledged Wednesday to cover all of the people of Flint's backs as the Michigan city deals with a water crisis... READ MORE›
ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM HARMS AMERICANS IN FLINT - AND BEYOND
Flint, Michigan is experiencing a well-documented crisis as a result of a contaminated water supply... READ MORE›
MEXICO CITY IS A PARCHED AND SINKING CAPITAL
Overseeing the city's water supply is Ramon Aguirre Diaz, director of the Water System of Mexico City, who is frank about the perils ahead... READ MORE›
SAO PAULO DEVASTATED BY ITS WORST DROUGHT ON RECORD
Brazil water shortage Sao Paulo devastated by its worst drought on record... READ MORE›
WATER SCARCITY AROUND THE WORLD SHARE YOUR PHOTOS AND STORIES
Today 1.2 billion people almost a fifth of the global population live in areas of physical water scarcity... READ MORE›
LAWSUIT ACCUSES FLINT MAYOR OF TRYING TO REDIRECT WATER CRISIS DONORS TO CAMPAIGN FUND
Neither the Flint City Council nor the charity approved a redirection of donors, the lawsuit said... READ MORE›
ON WORLD WATER DAY, HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF THE PLACES THAT DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
However, for billions of people around the world, daily water still comes from lakes and rivers... READ MORE›
GLOBAL WARMING AND WATER SCARCITY COULD CAUSE ECONOMIES TO SHRINK BY MID-CENTURY
The World Bank said countries in large swathes of the world could shrink by up to 6 percent by 2050 due to water scarcity and climate change... READ MORE›
'I'M UPSET BUT WHO CAN I SWING AT?'
Flint water crisis 5 faces dealing with lead-tainted taps in Michigan... READ MORE›
'WHO, SYRIAN PEOPLE GRATEFUL TO RUSSIANS' - WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
People queue as they fill containers with water in the government controlled al-Rabwah area, a suburb of Damascus, Syria January 10, 2017... READ MORE›
ANGOLA FLOODS KILL 11, CAUSE WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION
In common with many other parts of Southern Africa, Angola has been in the grip of a drought which has persisted for several years... READ MORE›
FACT CHECKING CLINTON, SANDERS ON FLINT WATER CRISIS
Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., reacts during a Democratic presidential primary debate at the University of Michigan-Flint, Sunday, March 6, 2016, in Flint... READ MORE›
MILITIA IN FLINT CALLS FOR JUSTICE IN WATER CRISIS
Post to Facebook Militia in Flint calls for justice in water crisis Genesee County Volunteer Militia demands accountability for city's water contamination... READ MORE›
MICHIGAN GOVERNOR SAYS ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM NOT TO BLAME FOR FLINT WATER CRISIS
Instead, Snyder pinned the water crisis on failures by quote-unquote experts to provide regulatory agencies with the right information ... READ MORE›