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Drought in Africa: 7-month-old babies weigh as much as babies
Mihag Gedi Farah, who is Somalia, is 7 months old but has a modest weight, equivalent to a newborn boy, while his skin resembles an old man.
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Severe drought in China
A prolonged drought in some provinces in China, including Guizhou, makes living and production of people difficult.
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Drought threatens Europe
Increasing droughts in Europe will result in heavy losses in assets and experience to the region in the future.
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2010: The Year of the Earth
In 2010, filled with anomalous weather phenomenon, was considered the hottest and humid year, and in many different areas on the record dry and cold earth in history.
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10 million Africans are at risk of drought
The UN has just warned: nearly 10 million people in the Horn of Africa in East Africa are facing a humanitarian emergency because the region struggles with the worst dro…
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China: Flooding, 54 people died
Heavy rains from early June helped reduce severe drought in central and southern China but led to flooding that left at least 54 people dead and more than 100,000 people…
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EU warns the risk of drought across Europe
According to the VNA correspondent in London, meteorological agencies in many European countries simultaneously warned of the risk of widespread drought due to the lowes…
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Food prices will double by 2030
By 2030, the prices of some major staples will increase more than twice now if world leaders do not reform the global food production system, Oxfam recommends.
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WMO: La Nina's weather phenomenon is about to end
On May 23, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said La Nina's weather phenomenon caused heavy rain and storms in many areas and droughts in many parts of the wor…
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Dolphins are in tears because of the drought
In the past days, the downstream area of Truong Giang River suffers from severe droughts which not only directly affects people's lives and production, but also rare a…
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Drought causes serious electricity shortages in China
Chinese factories are facing policies to limit electricity use, in the context of rising coal prices and prolonged droughts affecting the operation of hydropower plants,…
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Climate change due to nuclear war
Nuclear explosions can lead to changes in the earth's environment and climate, leading to incalculable natural disasters.
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Many African countries lack serious freshwater
The prolonged drought in recent years has caused Uganda, Central Africa, and Kenya to fall into serious scarcity of freshwater, seriously affecting people's lives.
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Drought in the Amazon forest causes climate change
On February 9, experts from the Amazon rainforest in South America have accelerated the climate change process in the meteorological regions of the United Nations and in…
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Central Europe with the risk of drought because of climate change
Central European countries have become the first areas affected by climate change in Europe with an important supply of water, which is rapidly decreasing groundwater.