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Severe El Niño resurrects doomed town

Pantabangan—A centuries-old settlement submerged by the construction of a dam in the northern Philippines in the 1970s has reappeared as water levels drop due...

UN appeals for increased climate resilience support in drought-hit PH

United Nations (UN) representatives on Thursday called for increased support for the Philippine government's response to the serious drought induced by El Niño. UN Assistant Secretary-General...

More areas likely to declare state of calamity amid El Niño —­ solon

The Department of Agriculture (DA) should anticipate more areas in the country to be declared under a state of calamity due to drought and...

Global water shortages looming—what can be done about them

Part 1 Spanish officials declare a state of emergency due to drought. Unprecedented water shortages hammer Mexico City. Severely parched Zambia warns of a national...

OCD: 50 more provinces to experience drought

But no need to place PH under calamity state yet The Office of Civil Defense said it is not yet recommending placing the entire country...

El Niño omen

Farmer Raymond dela Cruz, 33, checks a portion of his dry rice field along the Pulilan-Baliuag Bypass Road in Bulacan on Monday. Dela Cruz...

Gov’t should act vs. drought

With the prolonged dry spell caused by the El Niño climate pattern likely to pull down agriculture production this year, the government should act...

Drought hits 8 Luzon provinces, says PAGASA

At least eight provinces in Luzon are currently experiencing drought, the state weather bureau said. More areas are also suffering from a dry spell...

El Niño challenge

The El Niño phenomenon, the climate pattern that refers to the unusual warming of surface waters in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, is in...

Nueva Ecija, Cavite already in drought, months ahead of peak of El Niño

Nueva Ecija—considered the country’s rice capital -- and Cavite are already experiencing drought ahead of the expected peak of El Niño in the first...

Climate change group warns public of heat waves, water shortage

The Commission on Climate Change (CCC) on Monday warned the public to prepare for increasing heat waves in the coming months that could cause...

Spain fears ‘lifeless land’ amid soil ‘desertification’

ALMERIA, Spain—Ongoing droughts and an over-exploitation of land for both agriculture and industry have stoked fears in Spain over the creeping spread of “sterile...

Drought could spell catastrophe for Spain’s olive harvest

By Valentin Bontemps MADRID, Spain—An ongoing drought and soaring temperatures have unleashed fears of an olive “catastrophe” in Spain, the world’s largest producer of olive...

El Niño water depletion to hit Mindanao most

Mindanao could be the hardest hit by the looming El Niño episode due to high water loss in the region, according to the Philippine...
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