‘The land is becoming desert’: drought pushes Sicily’s farming heritage to the brink
While tourists flock to the Italian island in greater numbers, a water crisis is intensifying for its rural population
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Droughts, desertification, heatwaves: the climate crisis hits Sicily hard | Euronews
Sicily is one of Europe’s regions most impacted by global warming. From droughts that devastate local agriculture to punishing heatwaves and more, Euronews travelled around the Italian island to witness first hand what it is like to live on the frontlines of the climate crisis.
‘We can’t let the animals die’: drought leaves Sicilian farmers facing uncertain future
Rainfall is down 40% since 2003 and experts predict a third of Sicily will be desert by 2030
Riots erupt in drought-stricken central Algeria over months of water shortages
Violent riots erupted in a drought-stricken Algerian desert city last weekend after months of water shortages left taps running dry and forced residents to queue to access water for their households.
Europe’s rivers run dry as scientists warn drought could be worst in 500 years
Crops, power plants, barge traffic, industry and fish populations devastated by parched waterways
Crops, power plants, barge traffic, industry and fish populations devastated by parched waterways
In places, the Loire can now be crossed on foot; France’s longest river has never flowed so slowly. The Rhine is fast becoming impassable to barge traffic. In Italy, the Po is 2 metres lower than normal, crippling crops. Serbia is dredging the Danube.
Across Europe, drought is reducing once-mighty rivers to trickles, with potentially dramatic consequences for industry, freight, energy and food production – just as supply shortages and price rises due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine bite.
‘Consequences will be dire’: Chile’s water crisis is reaching breaking point
Unprecedented drought makes water a national security issue as more than half of Chile’s 19 million population lived in area with ‘severe water scarcity’ by end of 2021
Six dead giraffes: Kenya drought horror captured in single picture
Aerial shot shows devastating effect of drought that has left people and animals without water
A tale of two droughts: one killed 260,000 people, the other none. Why? Disaster insurance offers a …
Disaster insurance offers a new model for economic self-sufficiency. In African countries, every $1 invested saves $4.40 in the aftermath of an emergency
Decade of drought: a global tour of seven recent water crises
With a chronic overuse of resources, it only takes a few bad rainfalls of poor management decisions to plunge a region into water crisis
'It was too hot, even to leave home': stories from the world's hottest year
From drought-hit Nigeria to wine-growing Finland, we hear from people whose lives have already been changed by a warming world
More than third of Amazon rainforest struggling to recover from drought, study finds
‘Critical slowing down’ of recovery raises concern over forest’s resilience to ecosystem collapse
Rivers are the West’s largest source of clean energy. What happens when drought strikes?
With rivers across the West running low, electric utilities must get creative if they are to meet demand without increasing emissions.
Devastating drought in Amazon result of climate crisis, study shows
Extreme weather threatens world’s biggest carbon store as the rainforest is already close to tipping point
‘Everything is dead’: How record drought is wreaking havoc on the Amazon
Communities that rely on the rainforest’s waterways now find themselves struggling with fire and plunging water levels.
A water crisis looms for 270 million people as South Asia’s glaciers shrink
Melting ice is crucial to the thirsty Indus River region. But now the flow is projected to decline, posing risks for agriculture and a growing population.