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Who is setting France's forests on fire, and why?

Record high temperatures and drought in France have provided ideal conditions for wildfires. While most are sparked by human error, some are set off deliberately, and occasionally by firefighters themselves. Pyromaniacs and arsonists have different motivations, but gendarmes have an equally hard time tracking them down.

Radio France Internationale

Millions may face hosepipe ban after England’s driest July since 1911

More water companies considering move after Southern Water imposes first such ban for a decade

The Guardian - UK

How to save water following drought warnings in UK

Here are six tips and tricks you can use to save water in your home, as drought warnings persist in England and Wales following an usually dry eight months in the UK

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Zambia can meet growing food demand: how to fix what's standing in its way

African countries face great challenges in adapting to climate change to meet growing demand for food. The current drought in East Africa is the latest manifestation of changing weather patterns.

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Commentary: The drought is decimating my farm and many others. What California should do to help us

As I drive across my family’s farm in the San Joaquin Valley, it feels as if I’m traveling on a chessboard. I cross one square with crops and then another without crops — our fields that must lay fallow. Our farm’s crops have been decimated by the drought.

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'I want to breed horses, not camels': Hungarian farmers battle 'historic' drought

Andras Eordogh admiringly watches his dozen foals as they frolic and kick up dust on his farm in the scorching summer heat and laments that he will have to sell most of them because of the changing climate in this rural southeast corner of Hungary.

Reuters

‘It’s plunder’: Mexico desperate for water while drinks companies use billions of litres

As drought grips cities like Monterrey, people queue with buckets for brackish water. But Coca-Cola and other firms are still extracting groundwater

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France is on track to experience its driest July on record with widespread water restrictions

France is on track to experience its driest July on record, the national weather service Meteo France said Wednesday, with drought-like conditions leading to increasingly severe water restrictions around the country.

Radio France Internationale

Bristol Water says reservoirs are running low as August 'drought' forecast

Bristol Water says it is not concerned

Bristol Post

Met Office warns July is driest in 111 years as drought and hosepipe bans feared

The Met Office's latest data shows July has so far been the driest for over 100 years with just 24% of the expected rainfall days after temperatures hit a record-breaking 40C, sparking fears of an impending hosepipe ban and ongoing drought

Daily Mirror

Commentary: Want to fight climate change and drought at the same time? Bring back beavers

Millions of highly skilled environmental engineers stand ready to make our continent more resilient to climate change. They restore wetlands that absorb carbon, store water, filter pollution and clean and cool waters for salmon and trout. They are recognized around the world for helping to reduce wildfire risk. Scientists have…

Los Angeles Times

Drought and heatwave slow down France's eco-friendly waterway transport

Transporting freight on inland waterways is far more environmentally friendly than by road. But low rainfall and high temperatures have dramatically reduced water levels in France, limiting transport on canals around the Rhine river in particular.

Radio France Internationale

Body near Lake Mead swimming site 3rd to surface since May

Authorities say another body has surfaced at Lake Mead — this time in a swimming area where water levels have dropped as the Colorado River reservoir recedes because of drought and climate change

The Independent UK

Brits warned to 'use water wisely' and reduce 'unnecessary consumption'

If there is no significant rain in the next few weeks, many areas in the UK will tip into the 'drought' stage, which could lead to hosepipe bans and restrictions for farmers irrigating their crops

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People in England urged to curb water use amid driest conditions since 1976

Local hosepipe bans considered as Environment Agency officials prepare to declare drought in August

Daily Record

Scots environment agency gives update on drought plans and warns situation unlikely to improve

Scotland has a plan to tackle low water levels

Daily Mirror

Deer spotted roaming London streets as locals worried they're 'starving' after drought

Residents of Havering in East London are concerned that the deer had only strayed so far from their natural habitat because they desperately need food

Reuters

Britain begins drought planning after record heatwave

Britain is enacting the early stages of drought plans which involve using water carefully to protect supplies, the government said on Tuesday, following record-breaking temperatures.

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First British hosepipe ban announced with people told save water amid drought fears

Today's meeting did not result in bringing in restrictions, as those in England have instead been urged to "carefully consider the amount they are using given the unprecedented conditions"

The Guardian - US

More human remains found at Lake Mead as water levels shrink

Various grim discoveries have been made at the drought-stricken Nevada reservoir, including a body in a barrel

The Independent UK

Third set of human remains found at Lake Mead in matter of months amid severe drought

Monday’s human remains were found just months after two bodies were discovered in the lake in May, with one of the bodies being linked to a possible homicide dating back to the 1970s

The Times of India

CWG 2022: Guts, glory and redemption time for cyclists, gymnasts

BIRMINGHAM: Their build-up to the Commonwealth Games marred by controversies, country's gymnasts will be eager to bring the spotlight back on the sport while a confident Indian cycling team will strive to end its medal drought at the quadrennial event.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraqi Kurd Farmers Battle Drought as Lake Dukan Retreats

Farmers in Iraqi Kurdistan seeking to irrigate crops face seeing their economic lifeline slip away as the waters of Lake Dukan recede and dams upstream in Iran stem the flow. Bapir Kalkani, who is also a trade unionist, farms near the picturesque lake but has seen marked changes over the…

The Guardian - US

Why Yosemite’s Oak fire is burning with such ferocity – explained

The blaze forced more than 3,000 people to evacuate and exploded to 17,000 acres seemingly overnight – what made it so devastating?

Daily Mirror

UK faces drought alert in August with hosepipe bans and irrigation restrictions

On Tuesday, the National Drought Group, made up of government departments and affected groups, will meet to discuss a strategy to deal with the very dry conditions faced by the UK

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