13-06-07 Decades of drought in central Africa reached their worst point in the 1980s, causing Lake Chad, a shallow lake used to water crops in neighboring countries, to almost dry out completely. The shrinking lake and prolonged drought was initially blamed...

13-05-09 The Panamanian government has ordered schools to close and government offices to reduce their opening hours as the country suffers from a power shortage. 巴拿马正面临电力短缺的窘境，政府下令关闭学校以及政府办公室以节约能源。 It also declared a droug...

13-03-19 lingering drought 持续干旱 effective precipitation 有效降水 emergency response plan 应急处置预案 National Commission for Disaster Reduction (NCDR) 国家减灾委员会 freshwater lake 淡水湖 Ministry of Civil Affairs (MOCA) 民政部 disaster relief fund 赈...

13-01-20 With more than 40 million people living under exceptional drought conditions in East Africa, the ability to make accurate predictions of drought has never been more important. In the aftermath of widespread famine（饥荒） and a humanitarian crisis c...

12-12-07 The catastrophic drought last year in the Horn of Africa affected millions of people but also caused the extremely late arrival into northern Europe of several migratory songbird species, a study published December 6 in Science shows. Details of the...

12-08-17 Ancient pollen（花粉） and charcoal（木炭） preserved in deeply buried sediments in Egypt's Nile Delta document the region's ancient droughts and fires, including a huge drought 4,200 years ago associated with the demise of Egypt's Old Kingdom, the...

12-08-09 For much of the year drought has been plaguing American grasslands. But a recent study found that grasses do not appear to be losing the turf war against climate when it comes to surviving with little precipitation. The Kansas State University-led s...

12-07-19 US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has warned the worst drought in decades will result in higher crop prices. 美国农业部长汤姆维尔萨克警告道，几十年以来最严重的干旱将导致农产品价格上涨。 Mr Vilsack met President Barack Obama on Wednesday to discus...

12-07-06 More of the United States is in moderate drought or worse than at any other time in the 12-year history of the U.S. Drought Monitor, officials from the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln said July 5. Analysis of...

12-02-23 Soaring temperatures and little rainfall have worsened the drought in the Ningxia Hui and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regions, as well as the provinces of Gansu, Guizhou and Hunan. 高温和少雨天气使宁夏回族自治区、内蒙古自治区，以及甘肃、贵州和湖南等省...