Drought

Drought declared in New Zealand’s North Island

15 Mar 2013

New Zealand declared a drought across its entire North Island for the first time in at least 30 years on Friday, with low river levels in the capital Wellington also worrying officials.

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County struggles to make ends meet

4 Jul 2011

When local officials on the mainland proudly boast about their 'big agricultural county', it's usually a nice way of saying 'fiscally small county'.

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Three Gorges to release water

25 May 2011

The massive Three Gorges Dam has been ordered to release nearly five billion cubic metres of water in the next two weeks to help relieve a severe drought downstream amid grim forecasts of a...

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Climate centre aims to develop forecasting

21 Jun 2008

City University this week opened a climate research centre to assess the risks of climate change in the region.

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South braces for double blow of floods, drought

4 Apr 2007

Extreme weather conditions are looming over the southern half of the mainland with the southwest municipality of Chongqing withering in a drought, and floods forecast for Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi...

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Not a drop to drink

2 Feb 2007

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs psychological theory ranks the drinking of water as the most important bodily function after breathing.

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Opinion

Hari Kumar

Workers pay the price for our bargains

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Howard Winn

Barry Cheung makes waves in Moscow

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'This year is the worst. Everything we planted just dried out and died'

Chongqing's farmers have lost their entire crops - now their only hope is for rain

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Heat and drought maintain grip with no relief in sight

Heatwave, water shortages have affected many industries including tourism

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Growing thirst

Thunderstorms brought a deceptive sense of relief across northern China over the weekend but they did not, and could not, solve the basic problem. Though floods in Hong Kong and nearby areas can...

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