http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/DroughtFind stories, videos, and photos about Drought from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:47:14 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Drought14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Drought from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/11/02/venezuela.water.rationing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/11/02/venezuela.water.rationing/index.html#cnnSTCTextResidents of the Venezuelan capital on Monday began to experience water rationing as part of a government preservation measure during a drought.Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:33:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/17/east.africa.flooding/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/17/east.africa.flooding/index.html#cnnSTCTextHeavy rains triggered by El Nino weather patterns could potentially prove devastating for east African nations that have been water-starved for months, the United Nations has warned.Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/03/turkey.water.shortage/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/03/turkey.water.shortage/index.html#cnnSTCTextTurkish, Iraqi and Syrian ministers met in Ankara on Thursday to discuss water shortages in the major Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which run through all three countries.Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/weather/08/08/typhoon.morakot/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/weather/08/08/typhoon.morakot/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe fringes of Typhoon Morakot killed 10 people and injured 18 others in the Philippines, a spokeswoman for the National Disaster Coordinating Council told CNN.Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/weather/08/07/typhoon.morakot/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/weather/08/07/typhoon.morakot/index.html#cnnSTCTextTyphoon Morakot dumped heavy rain on Taiwan early Saturday and threatened to further soak the recently drought-stricken island.Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:26:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/07/07/technology/venture_capital_drought.breakingviews/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/07/07/technology/venture_capital_drought.breakingviews/index.htmCalifornia's current three-year water shortage is visible all across its increasingly parched, brown landscape. Silicon Valley-based venture capitalists are facing another kind of drought entirely.Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/20/california.emergency.landing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/20/california.emergency.landing/index.html#cnnSTCTextA plane carrying California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made an emergency landing Friday evening after the cockpit filled with smoke, his office said in a statement.Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/04/24/climate.change.eskimos/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/04/24/climate.change.eskimos/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe indigenous people of Alaska have stood firm against some of the most extreme weather conditions on Earth for thousands of years. But now, flooding blamed on climate change is forcing at least one Eskimo village to move to safer ground.Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/12/11/drought.problem/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/12/11/drought.problem/index.html#cnnSTCTextMarjorye Heeney knew something was wrong when she saw a bulging cloud of black dust darken the sky.Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:26:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/11/china.drought/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/11/china.drought/index.html#cnnSTCTextFifty-year-old farmer Du Jianmin says if it doesn't rain soon in his corner of northern China, his winter wheat crops -- which his village of 120 people relies on for food for the year -- will die.Fri, 13 Feb 2009 07:30:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/10/china.drought/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/10/china.drought/index.html#cnnSTCTextRain fell in four provinces this week, but China will still have to take serious measures to combat what some have called the worst drought in half a century, government officials said.Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:36:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/09/china.drought/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/09/china.drought/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Chinese government brought out the big guns over the weekend to help fight its worst drought in 50 years.Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:57:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/06/china.drought.half.century/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/06/china.drought.half.century/index.html#cnnSTCTextChina is suffering another natural disaster -- this time, the worst drought in half a century. The land is parched and the irrigation dams have dried up. Crops and livestock are dying.Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:14:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/01/31/mexico.water.shortage/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/01/31/mexico.water.shortage/index.html#cnnSTCTextFive million residents in Mexico City and its metro area could soon start feeling the effects of water cutbacks imposed Friday due to drought conditions.Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:01:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/01/29/argentina.drought/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/01/29/argentina.drought/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn a small farming town 105 kilometers (65 miles) southwest of Buenos Aires, farmers are struggling to nourish their crops and feed their animals. The worst drought in half a century has turned Argentina's once-fertile soil to dust and pushed the country into a state of emergency.Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:03:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/28/australia.drought/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/28/australia.drought/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt sounds like the ultimate advertisement jingle for a holiday: Blue skies, nothing but blue skies, all day long.Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/09/26/argentina.drought/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/09/26/argentina.drought/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe northern province of Santa Fe usually boasts lush vegetation in September -- the Southern Hemisphere's spring -- but not this year, as Argentina grapples with its worst drought in a century.Sat, 27 Sep 2008 05:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/09/19/water.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/09/19/water.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTextOne sixth of the world's population does not have access to clean drinking water. More than 2 million people, most of them children, die each year from water-borne diseases.Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:06:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1824766,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1824766,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsTropical Storm Cristobal, the first tropical storm to menace the Southeast seaboard this hurricane season, sent outer bands of intermittent rain late SaturdaySun, 20 Jul 2008 17:10:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1824674,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1824674,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsTropical Storm Cristobal churned off the Southeast seaboard after it formed SaturdaySat, 19 Jul 2008 23:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1814128,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1814128,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAs a crippling drought threatens to destroy livelihoods in one of America's most productive agricultural areas, farmers aren't happy about water restrictions aimed at protecting endangered fish Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1811902,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1811902,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a statewide drought after two years of below-average rainfall, low snowmelt runoff and a court-ordered restriction on water transfersThu, 05 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/12/florida.wildfires/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/12/florida.wildfires/index.html#cnnSTCTextA wildfire sapped a Florida town's resources Monday as it damaged or destroyed at least 50 homes, according to city officials who are investigating the blaze as a possible arson.Tue, 13 May 2008 03:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/18/spain.drought/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/18/spain.drought/index.html#cnnSTCTextSpain is reeling from its most severe drought in 70 years with the nation's reservoirs on average just half full, the Environment Ministry reports.Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:54:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1720641,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1720641,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWith Atlanta's main supply drying up, Georgia opens up a two-century-old border dispute with Tennessee. And the case could even go to the Supreme CourtFri, 07 Mar 2008 22:00:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/02/14/news/companies/water_power/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/02/14/news/companies/water_power/index.htmWhisky is for drinkin', water is for fightin'.Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:18:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1706555,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1706555,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsNuclear reactors across the Southeast could be forced to throttle back or temporarily shut down later this year because drought is drying up the rivers and lakes that supply themThu, 24 Jan 2008 16:00:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1699110,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1699110,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWhen the calendar turned to 2007, the heat went on and the weather just got weirder. January was the warmest first month on record worldwide -- 1.53 degrees above normalMon, 31 Dec 2007 18:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/31/southern.drought/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/31/southern.drought/index.html#cnnSTCTextThanks to a rainy holiday season, the Atlanta area stayed just above its historical low-water mark for annual rainfall, the National Weather Service reported. Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:25:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/16/southern.drought/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/16/southern.drought/index.html#cnnSTCTextFederal biologists said Friday they had signed off on a plan aimed at providing relief to the drought-parched Southeast, under which more water will be retained in Georgia instead of being released into Florida.Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:12:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/13/water.wars/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/13/water.wars/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt's called the "Forgotten Coast," a sleepy stretch of Florida's Panhandle that is the heart of the state's oyster industry.Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:34:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/08/dry.town/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/08/dry.town/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe drought in the Southeastern United States means more than just brown lawns to the folks in Orme, Tennessee. Water flows from their taps for just three hours each evening.Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:26:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/01/southern.drought/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/01/southern.drought/index.html#cnnSTCTextGovernors of three drought-ridden Southern states met with federal officials to address water usage issues for two river basins Thursday, as the Army Corps of Engineers is expected to present a plan meant to relieve regions dangerously low on water.Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/23/env.winds/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/23/env.winds/index.html#cnnSTCTextFirefighters battling the Southern California wildfires also are having to deal with the hot, dry Santa Ana winds that fanned the blazes into a firestorm.Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/18/pip.atlantadrought/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/18/pip.atlantadrought/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe state of Georgia, stricken by months of drought, confirmed Friday that it will sue the Army Corps of Engineers.Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:56:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1655623,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1655623,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsIt depends on where you are, but for many drought-stricken farmers, the Midwest rains are alleviating a bad summer for soybean and corn crops Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/10/georgia.fires/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/10/georgia.fires/index.htmlAs wildfires ravaged four counties in southeastern Georgia, two boys were charged in connection with starting small fires in that region, authorities said Thursday.Thu, 10 May 2007 14:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WEATHER/05/09/storm.andrea/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WEATHER/05/09/storm.andrea/index.htmlWinds from the first named storm of the year fanned wildfires in Georgia and northern Florida on Wednesday, more than three weeks ahead of the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season.Wed, 09 May 2007 15:52:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/11/01/8362802/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/11/01/8362802/index.htmThe gods were displeased. Tue, 01 Nov 2005 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/06/25/305431/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/06/25/305431/index.htmRolling blackouts and combusting dot-coms, dried-up rivers to the north and parched income statements everywhere: It's easy to mistake Silicon Valley for Death Valley these days. And as far as we c...Mon, 25 Jun 2001 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/09/11/72468/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/09/11/72468/index.htmNo Easterner who has tried to plan a picnic lately or to get in two days in a row at the beach needs to be told the drought is over. But while soggy weather has dampened weekends, it's been pretty ...Mon, 11 Sep 1989 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/10/24/71168/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/10/24/71168/index.htmRaw-materials costs are up because of the drought. Bad earnings news lies ahead. Just the time to shun the stock of food processor Archer Daniels / Midland, right? Don't you believe it, say most of...Mon, 24 Oct 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/09/12/71009/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/09/12/71009/index.htmYep, it's for real all right. Any lingering skepticism about the severity of the drought was dispelled when the Department of Agriculture released its crop forecasts in mid-August. Consumers are al...Mon, 12 Sep 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/09/12/71019/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/09/12/71019/index.htmSummertime securities trading is typically slow, but the doldrums have becalmed Wall Street even more than usual this year. In July and early August * the average weekly volume on the New York Stoc...Mon, 12 Sep 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/08/29/70962/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/08/29/70962/index.htmNever mind the wilting crops and suffering farmers -- awful weather can be great news when the weather is your business. Although they are loath to admit it, forecasters do best during periods of e...Mon, 29 Aug 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/08/01/70839/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/08/01/70839/index.htmThe consequences of the drought of 1988 begin with the pain of individuals; eventually the effects will spread around the globe. Still, this isn't the end of the world, even for most farmers. As a ...Mon, 01 Aug 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/07/18/70795/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/07/18/70795/index.htmSO YOU THINK a recession is bound to come before the end of next year. The expansion is aging -- it's so ancient it's creaking, you say. Well, think again. We're here to tell you it still has a way...Mon, 18 Jul 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/05/23/70585/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/05/23/70585/index.htmBatten down the breakfast table, there's an orange juice war brewing. Tropicana Products, owned by Seagram Co., and Coca-Cola Co.'s Minute Maid are digging in for a major battle. At stake: brand-br...Mon, 23 May 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/06/08/69140/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/06/08/69140/index.htmWhen inflation is around the corner, commodities traders are usually the first to smell it. They apparently picked up a scent in May when prices on the commodities markets soared. Fueled primarily ...Mon, 08 Jun 1987 04:01:00 EDT