Mexico City residents protest “unprecedented” water shortages
Mexico City Reuters Frustrated Mexico City residents have been protesting weeks of water shortages, with officials warning of “unprecedented” low levels in a main system that supplies millions of people. The bustling metro area of 21 million people – one of Latin America’s largest cities – is struggling after years of low rainfall blamed on […]
Climate stress: Soaring rice prices sow hope – and trouble – for indebted Thai farmers
DEVJYOT GHOSHAL, NAPAT WESSHASARTAR AND PASIT KONGKUNAKORNKUL, of Reuters, report…
Havana suffers water shortages as cracks show in aging Cuban infrastructure
Havana, CubaReuters More than 100,000 Havana residents are without water as the heat of the Caribbean summer sets in, raising tensions on the streets of Cuba’s capital as the crisis-racked government scrambles to find a solution. The shortages – linked to the island’s aging, decrepit infrastructure – are affecting between 100,000 and 200,000 citizens of […]
Heatwave in Bangladesh leads to school closures, power cuts
Dhaka, BangladeshReuters A searing heatwave in Bangladesh spurred the closure of primary schools this week and triggered frequent power cuts, worsening conditions for residents unable to run fans to cool themselves as weather officials warned relief was not imminent. The maximum temperature soared to nearly 41 degrees Celsius from 32 degrees 10 days ago. The […]
Postcards: Winter drought dries up France’s Lake Montbel while in Spain church tower emerges from drought-parched reservoir
MANUEL AUSLOOS, of Reuters, reports from south-west France and ELENA RODRIGUEZ, NACHO DOCE, HORACI GARCIA and JOAN FAUS from Spain…
Thousands rally in central Iran to protest water shortages
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesReuters Thousands of farmers and their supporters gathered in the central Iranian city of Isfahan on Friday, state TV reported, in a major protest over water shortages in the drought-stricken region. “Let Isfahan breathe again, revive Zayandeh Rud,” chanted some of the demonstrators in a video posted on social media as crowds […]
Postcards: “Our whole life depends on water” – how climate change, pollution and dams are threatening Iraq’s Marsh Arabs
CHARLOTTE BRUNEAU and THAIER AL-SUDANI, of Reuters, report on the plight of those living in the Chebayesh Marshes in southern Iraq…
Residents of Canadian Arctic capital told city water is unsafe to drink
Vancouver, CanadaReuters The capital of Canada’s Arctic territory has ordered its 7,000 residents not to drink the city’s water due to suspected fuel contamination. Iqaluit, the capital of Canada’s northernmost territory Nunavut, which borders Greenland, declared a state of emergency on Tuesday night, telling residents to stop using city water for drinking and cooking. Jackie […]
Postcards: Chile’s record-breaking drought makes climate change “very easy” to see
ESTEBAN MEDEL, of Reuters, reports on Chile’s decades-long drought…
Postcards: Dry spell leaves Kenyan islanders thirsty for clean water
DOMINIC KIRUI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the struggle to find water for villagers living on Lamu Island off the coast of Kenya…