Somalia records third-driest rainy season in 39 years

The main rainy season (April-June) has been below average in the country since late 2015  

Droughts: misery in slow motion

Successive droughts and water scarcity are causing long-term harm in ways that are poorly understood and inadequately acknowledged

Cabinet likely to give nod to real-time fund transfer for MGNREGA

This decision is expected to address the delay in transfer of funds from the Centre to states

Drought monitoring: Untapped data

Government does little with records that could help reduce effect of drought on agriculture

El Nino disasters: Governments know what’s coming, but are unprepared — what must change

There is a need to be clearer about who does what and coordinate preparations for disasters better

Kerala declared drought-hit; water level in dams falls by 40 per cent

All the 14 districts of the state are facing severe water scarcity

Reservoirs less than half full, water only for drinking: North Karnataka grapples with drought impact

Industries and agriculture are expected to be impacted the most

More droughts brought on by climate change could worsen wildfires in US’s southern Appalachian forests

Drought years will contribute most to future burned areas

Drought emergency in Georgia in the US

Droughts in Western US fuel emissions, here’s how

Between 2012 and 2016, a drought-induced spike in fossil fuel generation cost California more than $5 billion in damages

Will India’s farmers face another scanty monsoon this year?

Private weather forecaster Skymet Weather predicts ‘below normal’ monsoon on the heels of major international weather agencies …

Sikkim best prepared to tackle drought, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh the least

All four districts of the northeastern state are resilient to drought, but that’s not the case with any of the districts in Rajasthan and …

500 years of drought and flood: trees and corals reveal Australia's climate history

The dominant theme of Australia’s drought history is variability. The country may get one year of extremely wet conditions or six …

Think institution

The need of the hour is to decentralise drought management and think long-term

Testing time

Revisits by Down To Earth reporters to villages that undertook water harvesting offer some valuable lessons in drought management

Made to fail

Employment Guarantee Scheme, first of its kind drought relief scheme has had no impact on the drought-prone areas of Maharashtra in almost 30 …

Out of focus

The government's drought relief programmes are bound to fail in the long run. Even the Planning Commission acknowledges that funds for the …

For the water of this earth

Changes in local ecology and economy have a direct impact on food security for the poor

Drought in the Horn of Africa: More than 18.5 million in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Djibouti face humanitarian crisis

As pastureland and water points dry up, 20 million may be acutely food insecure by year-end  

US headed for megadroughts

The second half of the 21st century will bring severe droughts in vast parts of US, says study

Out of Africa flashback: Is the world witnessing a migration wave due to lack of water?

Dry spells account for up to one-tenth of the increase in world migration

Simply put: More than 75% of earth's land area is already degraded

Simply put: Day zero

Poor monsoon to hit food stock hard

Karnataka was the first state to declare drought

Monsoon enters deficit phase

India receives its highest share of rainfall in July, making it critical for farmers