Tag: drought

Villa Media Agua (Argentina) (AFP) - San Juan's once-sparkling rivers have shriveled due to drought, and residents in the rugged, ...

Kuala Lumpur (AFP) - Malaysia is resorting to cloud seeding to bring much-needed rain to the country's "rice bowl" north, ...

Dushanbe (Tajikistan) (AFP) - Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are facing an energy crisis as water levels have plummeted at the reservoirs ...

Çesme (Turkey) (AFP) - Ali Alyanak and his neighbours in Turkey's tourist hub Izmir now have to draw water from ...

Agadir (Morocco) (AFP) - On the drought-stricken plains of Morocco's Chtouka region, cherry tomato farms stretch as far as the ...

Graaff Reinet (South Africa) (AFP) - Livestock farmer Joe Kroon turned to saffron in desperation when drought threatened his livelihood ...

Paris (AFP) - Parts of northern Europe have seen their worst drought in decades in recent weeks, with farmers from ...

London (AFP) - The price of Arabica coffee hit the highest level since 1977 on Wednesday, approaching a record high ...

Panama City (AFP) - Traffic in the Panama Canal fell by 29 percent over the past year due to a ...

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Sugarcane farmer Marcos Meloni is still haunted by his battle last month to fight the ...