drought

A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid the longest drought on record in Somalia last year and half of them likely were children.

When the Taliban was still an insurgent force, it was paying soldiers as much as $300 a month — an irresistible sum considering the average Afghan's annual income was only $390 a year.

With the prospect of a sixth consecutive failed rainy season in the east and Horn of Africa, Kenya's president is hoping the heavens will finally open with the help of a national day of mass prayer on Tuesday.

Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Commonwealth countries in Africa have been hit hard with severe weather catastrophes such as historical flooding, the clear and present dangers of climate change.

Tackling the threat of landslides in soaked California. They are no quick fixes. And they don't come cheap.

As a climate change-induced drought wears on, it’s putting more pressure on wildlife, livestock and people — with deadly consequences.

Much of the Alps just don't look right for this time of year. Sparse snowfall and unseasonably warm winter weather in Europe’s central mountains are allowing grass to blanket hillsides across the region, causing headaches for ski slope operators and aficionados of Alpine white.

Breaking down the world population’s role in the environmental impact equation.

The effects of climate change are taking a toll on Christmas tree farms across Canada, with one forestry expert and the head of the Canadian Christmas Tree Association saying the sector that's already undergoing shifts will need to adapt. 

TC Energy Corp. is expecting what it calls a "material increase" in the cost of its Coastal GasLink pipeline project.

An atmospheric river packing "narrow bands of heavy precipitation" is forecast for parts of British Columbia just a week after numerous high temperature records were set amid concerns of drought.

The United Nations says close to 1 million drought-affected people in Somalia are in areas under the control or influence of the al-Shabab extremist group, and it appealed to the fighters to allow humanitarian access as famine threatens the country.

Persistent overdependence on fossil fuels — globally and at home — is jeopardizing the health of Canadians and people in all corners of the world, researchers warn.

A British Columbia community has declared a state of local emergency as a drought drags on and the area risks running out of drinking water. 

The British Columbia government says it's ready to deploy sand bags and tiger dams in case flooding follows the ongoing drought.