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Australia: Dust Storm Hits NSW, Triggering Poor Air Quality in Sydney

A dust storm sweeping in from South Australia reached coastal New South Wales on Tuesday morning, shrouding towns in a yellowish haze, reducing visibility in some areas, and triggering very poor air quality across Sydney.

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US: Brush Fire Erupts In Washington Heights Near Highbridge Park Amid Drought Warning

A brush fire erupted in Highbridge Park, Manhattan, near West 155th Street and Harlem River Drive, on Tuesday, November 19, as a drought warning remained in effect for New York City. FDNY said, 10 to 15 acres were burned, and no injuries were reported.

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US: Wildfire Rages In Lynn Woods Reservation, Massachusetts 2

A wildfire broke out in the Lynn Woods Reservation, Massachusetts, on Friday, November 8, burning approximately 400 acres of land as of Saturday and forcing road closures in the area. This video shows smoke blanketing the area near the fire in Lynn.

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US: Wildfire Rages In Lynn Woods Reservation, Massachusetts 3

A wildfire broke out in the Lynn Woods Reservation, Massachusetts, on Friday, November 8, burning approximately 400 acres of land as of Saturday and forcing road closures in the area.

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US: Wildfire Rages In Lynn Woods Reservation, Massachusetts 4

A wildfire broke out in the Lynn Woods Reservation, Massachusetts, on Friday, November 8, burning approximately 400 acres of land as of Saturday and forcing road closures in the area.

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US: Wildfire Rages In Lynn Woods Reservation, Massachusetts

A wildfire broke out in the Lynn Woods Reservation, Massachusetts, on Friday, November 8, burning approximately 400 acres of land as of Saturday and forcing road closures in the area.

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Drought Impacts About 59 Percent Of Territory - Brazil

An aerial drone photo taken on September 13, 2024 shows the Madeira River in the state of Rondonia, Brazil. Data recently released by Brazil's National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters shows that this year, drought has affected approximately 5 million square kilometers, impacting about 59 percent of the country's territory. Photo by Wang Tiancong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Drought Impacts About 59 Percent Of Territory - Brazil

A drone photo taken on September 12, 2024 shows a site after a fire in Porto Velho, state of Rondonia, Brazil. Data recently released by Brazil's National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters shows that this year, drought has affected approximately 5 million square kilometers, impacting about 59 percent of the country's territory. Photo by Wang Tiancong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Drought Impacts About 59 Percent Of Territory - Brazil

An aerial drone photo taken on September 13, 2024 shows smoke rises in Amazon rainforest in Sao Lourenco in the state of Rondonia, Brazil. Data recently released by Brazil's National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters shows that this year, drought has affected approximately 5 million square kilometers, impacting about 59 percent of the country's territory. Photo by Wang Tiancong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Drought Impacts About 59 Percent Of Territory - Brazil

An aerial drone photo taken on September 12, 2024 shows the Amazon rainforest shrouded in smoke in Porto Velho, state of Rondonia, Brazil. Data recently released by Brazil's National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters shows that this year, drought has affected approximately 5 million square kilometers, impacting about 59 percent of the country's territory. Photo by Wang Tiancong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Drought Impacts About 59 Percent Of Territory - Brazil

A drone photo taken on September 13, 2024 shows the Madeira River in the state of Rondonia, Brazil. Data recently released by Brazil's National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters shows that this year, drought has affected approximately 5 million square kilometers, impacting about 59 percent of the country's territory. Photo by Wang Tiancong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Drought Impacts About 59 Percent Of Territory - Brazil

This photo taken on September 12, 2024 shows a site after a fire in Porto Velho, state of Rondonia, Brazil. Data recently released by Brazil's National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters shows that this year, drought has affected approximately 5 million square kilometers, impacting about 59 percent of the country's territory. Photo by Wang Tiancong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Drought Impacts About 59 Percent Of Territory - Brazil

This photo taken on September 12, 2024 shows a site after a fire in Porto Velho, state of Rondonia, Brazil. Data recently released by Brazil's National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters shows that this year, drought has affected approximately 5 million square kilometers, impacting about 59 percent of the country's territory. Photo by Wang Tiancong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Drought Impacts About 59 Percent Of Territory - Brazil

An aerial drone photo taken on September 12, 2024 shows Porto Velho shrouded in smoke, in the state of Rondonia, Brazil. Data recently released by Brazil's National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters shows that this year, drought has affected approximately 5 million square kilometers, impacting about 59 percent of the country's territory. Photo by Wang Tiancong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Drought Impacts About 59 Percent Of Territory - Brazil

A drone photo taken on September 12, 2024 shows a site after a fire in Porto Velho, state of Rondonia, Brazil. Data recently released by Brazil's National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters shows that this year, drought has affected approximately 5 million square kilometers, impacting about 59 percent of the country's territory. Photo by Wang Tiancong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Drought Impacts About 59 Percent Of Territory - Brazil

A drone photo taken on September 13, 2024 shows smoke rises in Amazon rainforest in Sao Lourenco in the state of Rondonia, Brazil. Data recently released by Brazil's National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters shows that this year, drought has affected approximately 5 million square kilometers, impacting about 59 percent of the country's territory. Photo by Wang Tiancong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Drought Impacts About 59 Percent Of Territory - Brazil

A drone photo taken on September 13, 2024 shows smoke rises in Amazon rainforest in Sao Lourenco in the state of Rondonia, Brazil. Data recently released by Brazil's National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters shows that this year, drought has affected approximately 5 million square kilometers, impacting about 59 percent of the country's territory. Photo by Wang Tiancong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Drought Impacts About 59 Percent Of Territory - Brazil

A drone photo taken on September 12, 2024 shows the Madeira River in the state of Rondonia, Brazil. Data recently released by Brazil's National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters shows that this year, drought has affected approximately 5 million square kilometers, impacting about 59 percent of the country's territory. Photo by Wang Tiancong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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WWF warns of drought's impact on Zambia's wildlife, calls for conservation measures

STORY: WWF warns of drought's impact on Zambia's wildlife, calls for conservation measures SHOOTING TIME: March 1, 2024 DATELINE: March 3, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:15 LOCATION: Lusaka CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. File shot of the WWF office in Lusaka 2. File shot of Lusaka street 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): NALUCHA NGANGA-ZIBA, WWF-Zambia Country Director 4. File shot of flowers 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): NALUCHA NGANGA-ZIBA, WWF-Zambia Country Director 6. File shot of flowers 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): NALUCHA NGANGA-ZIBA, WWF-Zambia Country Director 8. File shot of Lusaka urban road STORYLINE: The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) issued a warning on Friday, highlighting the dire drought situation in Zambia and its potential negative impact on wildlife, while also exacerbating human-animal conflicts. Nalucha Nganga-Ziba, the WWF-Zambia country director, expressed concerns about the imminent emergence of human-animal conflicts ahead of the commemoration of this year's World Wildlife Day to be held on Sunday. Ngan

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Devastating Flooding in East Africa

Handout photo - Heavy rainfall led to extensive flooding in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya in October and November 2023. The floods came in the wake of the most prolonged drought on record, which left millions of people food insecure between 2020 and 2023. Since October 1, flooding has killed more than 100 people and displaced more than 700,000, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Countries within the Horn of Africa tend to have two rainy seasons: the October, November, and December (OND) “short rains” and the March, April, and May (MAM) “long rains.” Rainfall in the OND season through mid-November has been much heavier than usual. Since October 1, precipitation totals have been double to quadruple the average for southern and western Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya, according to the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET). Excessive rainfall in the highlands of Ethiopia and Somalia in late October and early November raised the levels of the Shebelle River u

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Devastating Flooding in East Africa

Handout photo - Heavy rainfall led to extensive flooding in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya in October and November 2023. The floods came in the wake of the most prolonged drought on record, which left millions of people food insecure between 2020 and 2023. Since October 1, flooding has killed more than 100 people and displaced more than 700,000, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Countries within the Horn of Africa tend to have two rainy seasons: the October, November, and December (OND) “short rains” and the March, April, and May (MAM) “long rains.” Rainfall in the OND season through mid-November has been much heavier than usual. Since October 1, precipitation totals have been double to quadruple the average for southern and western Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya, according to the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET). Excessive rainfall in the highlands of Ethiopia and Somalia in late October and early November raised the levels of the Shebelle River u

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Devastating Flooding in East Africa

Handout photo - Heavy rainfall led to extensive flooding in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya in October and November 2023. The floods came in the wake of the most prolonged drought on record, which left millions of people food insecure between 2020 and 2023. Since October 1, flooding has killed more than 100 people and displaced more than 700,000, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Countries within the Horn of Africa tend to have two rainy seasons: the October, November, and December (OND) “short rains” and the March, April, and May (MAM) “long rains.” Rainfall in the OND season through mid-November has been much heavier than usual. Since October 1, precipitation totals have been double to quadruple the average for southern and western Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya, according to the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET). Excessive rainfall in the highlands of Ethiopia and Somalia in late October and early November raised the levels of the Shebelle River u

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Devastating Flooding in East Africa

Handout photo - Heavy rainfall led to extensive flooding in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya in October and November 2023. The floods came in the wake of the most prolonged drought on record, which left millions of people food insecure between 2020 and 2023. Since October 1, flooding has killed more than 100 people and displaced more than 700,000, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Countries within the Horn of Africa tend to have two rainy seasons: the October, November, and December (OND) “short rains” and the March, April, and May (MAM) “long rains.” Rainfall in the OND season through mid-November has been much heavier than usual. Since October 1, precipitation totals have been double to quadruple the average for southern and western Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya, according to the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET). Excessive rainfall in the highlands of Ethiopia and Somalia in late October and early November raised the levels of the Shebelle River u

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Türkiye's Istanbul calls on citizens to save water amid drought

STORY: Türkiye's Istanbul calls on citizens to save water amid drought DATELINE: Aug. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:37 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Istanbul city in Türkiye 2. various of Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul mayor 3. various of Istanbul Water and Sewerage Administration (ISKI) 4. various of the dams in Istanbul STORYLINE: Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of the largest Turkish city Istanbul, Wednesday called on residents to save water amid the current drought and subsequent water shortage. Warning in a statement that Istanbul's dam filling rate falls to merely 33.37 percent and the decline is continuing, Imamoglu urged the city's nearly 16 million residents to save "every precious water drop flowing from the tap." The filling rate of 10 dams supplying water to Istanbul stood at 61.87 percent in August last year, almost doubling the current rate, according to official data from the Istanbul Water and Sewerage Administration (ISKI). The ISKI has recommended a list of wat

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Drought to continue in Horn of Africa: WMO

STORY: Drought to continue in Horn of Africa: WMO DATELINE: Feb. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:50 LOCATION: Addis Ababa CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of a village ravaged by drought in northern Kenya 2. various of children ferrying water 3. various of camels 4. various of locals migrating 5. various of the meeting 6. SOUNDBITE (English): SOIPAN TUYA, Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Forestry STORYLINE: Catastrophic consequences of the multi-year drought will continue in 2023 in the Horn of Africa region, leaving communities in urgent need of assistance, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned. SOUNDBITE (English): SOIPAN TUYA, Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Forestry "The need for enhancement of our early warning systems cannot be over-emphasized. We are in the middle of a drought that has not been witnessed in the last 40 years in this country, and that among many things speaks to the need to up our game in terms of the early warning (system). We have our metrologic

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Xinhua Headlines: Heatwaves send another climate warning, highlighting need for green actions

(220730) -- BEIJING, July 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on July 19, 2022 shows the partially empty Woodhead Reservoir near Manchester, Britain. A recent report by the European Commission's Joint Research Center showed that almost half of the European Union's (EU) territory and Britain are at risk of drought in July. Drought conditions and water scarcity are affecting energy production and reducing crop yield. (Photo by Jon Super/Xinhua)

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U.S.-NEVADA-LAKE MEAD-DROUGHT

(220708) -- LAKE MEAD (U.S.), July 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on July 5, 2022 shows a sign warning people about the danger to launch boats due to low water levels near Echo Bay, Lake Mead, Nevada, the United States. Surrounded by a white band of dried rocks, the vast drop in water levels is visible this week at Lake Mead, the biggest reservoir in the United States, which has been shrinking amid a two-decade-long megadrought. (Photo by Zeng Hui/Xinhua)

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Horn of Africa staring at risk of famine as dry spell escalates

STORY: Horn of Africa staring at risk of famine as dry spell escalates DATELINE: June 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:52 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Somalis migrating 2. various of livestock affected by drought 3. various of Somalis displaced by drought 4. various shots of dried out fields in northern Ethiopia 5. various of dried up watering points in northern Kenya STORYLINE: Four consecutive failed rain seasons combined with a lethargic response to appeal for humanitarian support could push millions of people in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia to the brink of starvation, the United Nations agencies, and food security experts said in a joint statement on Thursday. IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC), the Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission, the Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO), the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), and the World Food Program (WFP) said the most severe drought in the Horn of African region in the last four