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Tunnels to bring water to parched California
California, USAImage: A tunnel boring machine breaks through rock after a five-year-long dig through the San Bernadino Mountains in southern California August 20, 2008. REUTERS/Jill SerjeantCALIFORNIA...
Drought brings cotton industry to its knees
AustraliaAustralia's cotton crop last year was the worst in three decades. (ABC)Story: Australia's cotton industry is on the brink of collapse because of the drought and many growers have turned to ot...
Drought in the Fertile Crescent
ONE OF THE WORST DROUGHTS IN THE PAST DECADE settled heavily over the Fertile Crescent region of Iraq and Syria in the winter of 2007-2008. Under normal conditions, winter rain and rivers flowing...
Northern Zone drought killing cattle
Breaking Earth NewsCosta Rica, C.A.At least 257 cows have been confirmed dead as a months-old drought tightens its grip on Costa Rica's barren Northern Zone. The deaths have spread across 54...
Murray-Darling drought may be permanent
AustraliaThere is no end in sight to the drought afflicting the Murray-Darling Basin and the big dry could become a permanent feature of eastern Australia, experts warn.The latest Murray System Drough...
Drought, high food prices slam Somalia
SomaliaVillagers in Somalia say spiking food costs, coupled with a drought that is killing vital livestock, are producing a famine that has killed hundreds so far. Cattle are lying dead in the sand an...
'Big Dry' hits Australian farmers
AustraliaMore than 10,000 Australian farming families have had to leave their land as a result of the country's ongoing drought, new figures reveal. There has been a 10% drop in the number of farm...
Drought prompts mass cattle exodus from N Queensland
AustraliaThere is a mass exodus of cattle underway in the western Queensland region, with tens of thousands of beasts being moved. The lack of a wet season has prompted graziers to de-stock, and r...