Postcards: In South America’s Andes, a shrinking Lake Titicaca rings climate alarm bell
MONICA MACHICAO and SERGIO LIMACHI, of Reuters, report on the impact of a long spell of drought on South America’s largest body of fresh water…
Worst floods in decades kill 29 in Somalia, hit towns across East Africa
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters The worst flooding to hit Somalia in decades has killed 29 people and forced more than 300,000 to flee their homes, the National Disaster Management Agency said on Wednesday, following heavy rains that have inundated towns across East Africa. Authorities have scrambled to rescue thousands of stranded people from the floodwater, which comes […]
Somalia floods kill 10, displace more than 113,000 a year after drought
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters Floods caused by heavy rains across parts of Somalia have displaced more than 113,000 people and “temporarily affected” hundreds of thousands, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said on Monday. About 10 people have died in the aftermath of the rains, and the government has declared a statement of emergency, […]
South America’s Lake Titicaca nears record low water level as El Nino bites
Lima, PeruReuters The water level at Lake Titicaca on the Peru-Bolivia border is edging towards a record low, exacerbated by the weather phenomenon known as El Nino that is expected to get still more intense in coming months. The waters of the sprawling freshwater lake nestled in the Andes mountains have fallen an average 4 […]
Ancient Amazon River rock carvings exposed by drought
Manaus, Brazil Reuters Human faces sculpted into stone up to 2,000 years ago have appeared on a rocky outcropping along the Amazon River since water levels dropped to record lows in the region’s worst drought in more than a century. Some rock carvings had been sighted before but now there is a greater variety that […]
Amazon River tributary falls to lowest in over a century amid Brazil drought
Manaus, Brazil Reuters A major tributary of the Amazon River fell to its lowest level in over a century on Monday at the heart of the Brazilian rainforest as a record drought upends the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and damages the jungle ecosystem. Rapidly drying tributaries to the mighty Amazon have left […]
“We don’t eat”: In a warming world, hunger stalks Guatemala’s Mayan highlands
CASSANDRA GARRISON, of Reuters, reports on the hunger crisis in the Central American nation…
Amazon’s Indigenous people urge Brazil to declare climate emergency as rivers dry up
Manaus, BrazilReuters Indigenous inhabitants in the Amazon are asking the Brazilian Government to declare a climate emergency as their villages have no drinking water, food or medicine due to a severe drought that is drying up rivers vital for travel in the rainforest, their leaders said on Tuesday. The drought and heatwave has killed masses […]
Water supply dwindling, Bolivians gather at dam to pray for rain
La Paz, BoliviaReuters Under a scorching sun, more than three hundred Bolivians on Friday marched to a dusty plain near the Incachaca dam that overlooks the city of La Paz, gathering to pray for rain and an end to a severe drought that has threatened their water supply. The 10 reservoirs that supply La Paz […]
US resumes food aid to refugees in Ethiopia
Washington, US Reuters The United States is resuming food aid to refugees in Ethiopia after assistance was paused earlier this year because donations were being diverted, a senior US Agency for International Development official said. Ethiopia’s food crisis has deepened in recent years as a result of war in the Tigray region and the Horn […]