Heat & Drought

28+ min ago   (203+ words) Korea has decided to provide $500,000 in humanitarian assistance to Honduras to help the country cope with a persistent drought, the foreign ministry said Monday. A severe drought has affected the Central American country since May, leaving some 620,000 people facing severe…...

1+ hour, 19+ min ago   (73+ words) On paper, Nagpur appears cushioned against immediate distress. The city’s reservoir network records an aggregate reserve of 746 million cubic metres (MCM) around 58 per cent combined storage, theoretically calculated to sustain municipal drinking needs until mid-2027. Yet, beneath this mathematical comfort…...

1+ hour, 21+ min ago   (638+ words) Grape farmers in Maharashtra fear harvest losses of up to 40% as drought and water scarcity threaten vineyards across the state. Nashik district reportedly received just 34.3% of its normal monsoon rainfall, affecting grapes, onions, pearl millet and other crops. Farmers warn…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (149+ words) The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) will suspend fall mowing operations in areas experiencing severe drought conditions due to increased risk of wildfires. Fall mowing operations typically begin on October 1 and are completed by Thanksgiving statewide. ARDOT District Engineers will…...

2+ hour ago   (364+ words) The Department of Agriculture-Bicol (DA-5) is encouraging households to grow vegetables in their backyards to help ease supply constraints and food price pressures due to the severe El Niño. In an interview on Friday, DA-5 spokesperson Lovella Guarin said the…...

2+ hour, 10+ min ago   (1006+ words) Surkhet. Nirak Budha, a resident of Gwalipinna, Thatikandha Rural Municipality-1, whose 7-member family used to have enough wheat produced from their land to eat until the month of Kartik. He had sown 12-15 pathi of wheat. With a production of 7-8 sacks…...

13+ hour, 6+ min ago   (367+ words) The Times of India Pune: The kharif crop situation across drought-hit parts of Maharashtra is extremely grim, with instances of zero yield reported in some areas, as an 11-member inter-ministerial central delegation concluded its three-day ground survey on Saturday.The…...

9+ hour, 20+ min ago   (87+ words) Teton Valley News Flood Watch until MON 6:00 PM MDT A low American Falls Reservoir in September of 2020. There was a problem reporting this. Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language. Hazing incident leads Teton football…...

4+ hour, 49+ min ago   (710+ words) The 11-member inter-ministerial team comprising central government officials, which toured drought-affected areas in Maharashtra last week, was convinced about the severity of the situation and the plight facing farmers this year, officials familiar with the matter told Hindustan Times. The…...

5+ hour, 3+ min ago   (521+ words) Published by Henry Barbaro What a Colorado wastewater accident reveals about population growth, immigration, and water scarcity Population growth increases demands on water supplies and infrastructure, leaving less margin for error when drought, contamination, or infrastructure failures occur. In Colorado,…...