Arjun Harindranath September 30, 2018 Cracked earth in the department of La Guajira. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock Colombia is likely to face the weather phenomenon El Niño this year as authorities seek to mitigate the more extreme consequences that might be felt across the country. El Niño had […]
June 20, 2018 Voice of America Relief Web Darren Taylor Originally Posted May, 2018 CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA — While the South African city of Cape Town drew international attention when it warned it could run out of water this year, an international charity focused on global water […]
Cape Town – Cape Town authorities should have begun implementing water augmentation schemes in 2012 or earlier, the Water Research Commission (WRC) said.If this had been done, there would be no talk of Day Zero, said WRC chief executive Dhesigen Naidoo. Images circulating on social media show a […]
MARCH 28, 2017 Reporting By Teresa Cespedes, Writing By Mitra Taj; Editing by Christian Schmollinger LIMA (Reuters) – The localized El Nino phenomenon that has unleashed deadly downpours in Peru is unlikely to threaten an expected rebound in anchovy captures this year, the head of a fishing industry […]
June 17, 2017 in National, News BY TAFADZWA UFUMELI ONE of Africa’s most eminent statesmen, the late Nelson Mandela, once said education was the only tool that could change the world. But for Tariro Chipawe, a Grade 6 pupil at Gwemombe Primary School, education almost seemed like a […]
May 20, 2017 Sarah Gibbens Previously known for having vast blue-green waters, Lake Atescatempa is now little more than a few puddles of mud. The Lake That Slowly Vanished Once known for its fish-filled waters, Lake Atescatempa in Guatemala has dried up, leaving nearby residents hungry and displaced. […]
Villagers ready a water tank to store water as the country prepares to withstand the worst effects of a drought brought on by the El Nino phenomenom, in Taungtha Township in central Myanmar in this Feb. 27 photo. (Photo by John Zaw) Measurers to store water underway as […]
