World news about “Drought” published by euronews.
Bushfire crews tackle blaze in southern Tasmania – nocomment Tasmanian bushfire crews are bracing for worsening conditions as they battle a large wildfire in the south of the Australian state. Incident Controller Mark… 07/02/2013
Drought and heatwave Exceptionally hot, dry weather has been making headlines, notably for the effect on grain crops, causing the prices of these commodities to soar. French… 17/08/2012
After calamity strikes In some disaster areas teachers are drawing useful lessons from traumatic events; raising awareness of disaster management, teaching students to understand… 12/04/2012
Tackling speculators on food prices Klaus Töpfer had already found his calling before he saw people in Kenya trying to make food grow in poor, dry earth. His field is the environment, energy… 11/10/2011
Displaced people continue to flood into Somalia’s Puntland – nocomment Displaced people from the Bay region continued to flood into Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland on Tuesday (September 6) with tales of hunger and… 07/09/2011
Focus: quenching the world’s water thirst The Horn of Africa is facing its worst drought for decades. The need for fresh water for people there is simply a matter of life and death. While climate… 02/09/2011
A Somali woman and her child wait for medical careA woman looks after her child as they wait for medical care at Camp Seyidka, a camp for displaced people, in Mogadishu. REUTERS/Umit Bektas 19/08/2011
FAO calls for more Somalian aid Agriculture ministers from the 191 members of the U.N.‘s Food and Agriculture Organisation have gathered in Rome. This is the second emergency meeting… 18/08/2011
First UN relief airlift to Mogadishu for five years – nocomment The United Nations’ refugee agency has airlifted supplies into the Somali capital for the first time in five years, to help tackle the famine that has hit the… 10/08/2011
Somali refugees flee to Kenya – nocomment As more refugees arrive into Kenya fleeing from a drought that has ben said to be the worst to hit the region of Africa in the last 60 years, relief… 01/08/2011
Drought in the Horn of AfricaAn aid worker using an iPad films the rotting carcass of a cow in Wajir near the Kenya-Somalia border. REUTERS/STR New 26/07/2011
Massive heat wave blankets US – nocomment Crowds flocked to waterfronts and swimming pools on the East Coast and in the Midwest to try to cope with a massive heat wave that has killed at least 22… 23/07/2011
Drought causes thousands to flee Somalia – nocomment Tens of thousands of Somali refugees are flooding camps in Ethiopia and Kenya in search of food after several seasons without rain decimated livestock and… 18/07/2011
Hunger in the Horn of Africa The exodus of Somali refugees into Kenya and Ethiopia is getting worse by the day. Most arrive exhausted. Over 8,500 Somalis have come to Kenya since the… 14/07/2011
A car travels through a flooded street in MogadishuThe Horn of Africa is in the grip of a major food crisis, with millions of people severely affected in drought-stricken areas, while others are flooded… 14/07/2011
Cooling down a polar bear at Belgrade’s zooA zookeeper sprays water on a polar bear to help it cool down at Belgrade’s zoo July 13, 2011 as an intense heat wave sweeps Serbia with temperatures reaching… 13/07/2011
Spain: Ibiza on fire – nocomment The forest fire which has been burning since Wednesday afternoon on Ibiza remains out of control, and is by far the worst fire ever seen on the Baleares. So… 27/05/2011
Wildfires in northern Belgium – nocomment Northern Belgium has been hit by wildfires caused by a long period of drought. 26/05/2011
A hot day on the dried banks of river SabarmatiA boat security guard takes a nap on the dried banks of river Sabarmati on a hot day in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. This year, the country has… 21/05/2011
Australia wildfires hit major space observatoryMore than 150 wildfires continue to sweep across Australia’s state of New South Wales. Buildings at the country’s biggest optical space observatory also… 14/01/2013
Drought brings pain to farmers in southeast EuropeThe severe drought that has hit southeastern Europe has destroyed crops and devastated farmland. The hot, dry weather has piled pressure on world grain… 21/08/2012
Drought threatens world food price risesKeeping the huge fields of America’s bread basket healthy and productive is proving to be a growing problem for farmers. The Midwest is in the grip of its… 06/08/2012
Turkish PM visits famine victims in SomaliaTurkey’s prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has become the most high profile leader so far to visit Mogadishu during Somalia’s famine. He and his family… 19/08/2011
Rights group blames all sides in Somali crisisEnd war crimes to help tackle famine – that is plea comes from Human Rights Watch. It says all parties to Somalia’s armed conflict have violated the laws of… 15/08/2011
Somalia: the Children’s FamineAid workers are calling the humanitarian disaster in Somalia the Children’s Famine. Every 11 weeks in Somalia, ten percent of the country’s under-fives are… 11/08/2011
Somalia to Dadaab: Mimouna’s journeyMimouna, an elderly Somali woman, fled famine and civil war back home for the world’s largest refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya. There was no help for her… 09/08/2011
Ramadan ‘slows down registration’ of Somali refugeesThere are reports from the Horn of Africa that the supply of food to refugees fleeing the famine has been slowed by the onset of Ramadan. Many who have… 02/08/2011
Aid groups vaccinate children in Horn of AfricaEmergency vaccinations have begun in the world’s biggest refugee camp, where thousands fleeing famine are also at risk of disease. The aim is to protect… 01/08/2011
NGO warns Somalia crisis set to continueMedecins Sans Frontieres on Thursday warned there will be no let-up in the Somali refugee crisis until the famine-hit country’s rainy season in… 28/07/2011
UN food aid arrives in Somali capitalThe first batch of airlifted emergency food for starving children has arrived in famine-struck Somalia. The UN plane was loaded with ten tonnes of supplies… 28/07/2011
euronews talks to Commissioner Kristalina Georgievaeuronews: “Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva, you are responsible for humanitarian aid at the commission and you just came back from a visit to the horn of… 28/07/2011
Flight of hope as UN aid lands in famine struck SomaliaThe first United Nations airlift has landed in Mogadishu. On board was 10 tonnes of nutritional supplements for starving children. The cargo will be enough to… 27/07/2011
Somalia: politics still holding up vital food aidGetting food into Mogadishu and getting it to the people who desperately need it is proving extremely complicated. A customs row has held up the first plane… 27/07/2011
Horn of Africa: “The children’s famine”It has been called the “children’s famine.” The young are most vulnerable but men, women and children are dying in Africa’s worst famine in decades. “We… 26/07/2011
Africa famine prompts emergency UN talksThe United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation is holding an emergency meeting in Rome to discuss the famine crisis affecting east Africa. Several… 25/07/2011
UN warns of ‘urgency’ in famine-hit SomaliaThe UN on Thursday warned of the “acute urgency” to help the Horn of Africa after the world body officially declared a famine in southern Somalia. More than… 22/07/2011
Famine stalks southern SomaliaThe UN has declared parts of Somalia to be in famine conditions due to a severe drought and an Islamic insurgency. Close to 11 million people in Somalia… 20/07/2011
More aid pledged to drought-hit Horn of AfricaRefugees have been making a desperate trek for survival across the arid terrain where the borders of Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia meet. Thousands start the… 17/07/2011
UN camps feel strain from African droughtUN refugee camps in north-east Kenya now host more than 380,000 people who have fled drought-hit areas of the Horn of Africa. It is the region’s worst… 11/07/2011
Urgent appeal for drought victimsThe drought engulfing the Horn of Africa is now the worst humanitarian disaster in the world. That is the opinion of the UN’s refugee chief, Antonio… 10/07/2011
Drought declared in UK as Europe suffersAn official state of drought has been declared in some parts of Britain after the driest spring on record. Much of northern Europe is also suffering with… 11/06/2011
Europe’s farmers worried by the weatherLast month was the second hottest month of April since 1900. The high temperatures and lack of rain has worried people across Europe, but farmers are… 11/05/2011
French grain farmers damn droughtThe strawberry harvest is already under way in Britain. An unusually warm April jump-started the season, swelled the harvest and boosted quality, the sun… 10/05/2011
