MITHI: The relief inspecting judge for Thar­parkar, Mian Fayyaz Rab­bani, has urged the government to pay attention to the ‘alarming situation’ in this district as the aggravating drought may cause

California’s drought is expected to cost the state an estimated $2.2 billion this year, along with a loss of more than 17,000 jobs, as farmers are forced to fallow some valuable crops, a report by

California water regulators Tuesday approved fines for washing cars, watering lawns or hosing down sidewalks after revised figures showed that residents have increased consumption despite calls for

The odds of a strong El Nino, which brings drought to the Asia-Pacific region and heavy rains to South America, are increasingly unlikely after the tropical Pacific Ocean cooled, according to the B

Pakistan has extended relief assistance worth one hundred thousand dollars to the drought hit people of Niger.

The Sindh government has decided to set up district disaster management authorities to be headed by deputy commissioners across the province to deal with monsoon rains.

Regulators in drought-stricken California are proposing stringent new conservation measures to limit outdoor water use, including fines of up to $500 a day for using a hose without a shut-off nozzl

Gulab Singh Budhel, a tribal living in Amreli's Luvava village, and his seven family members packed their bags on Wednesday to leave for Kutch in search for construction labour work.