Tag: Drought
Rhône Drought: the use of water is now restricted
A week after being placed on drought alert, the water situation is worsening in the surface waters of the department. The recent rains did not restore the normal water resource…
Drought alert in the Alpes-Maritimes
153 of the 163 municipalities in the department are on drought alert, the second of the four levels of drought. The drought alert triggered in April in the Alpes-Maritimes due…
Too little water in the soil – drought and heat as dangers for the Swiss forest – News
The forest is currently sprouting in full green, it looks lush and healthy. But measurements in the forest floor show that the water reservoirs in some places hardly filled up…
Heat wave and impending drought in France
France is currently being gripped by a historic heat wave. There is a risk of drought. In 16 departments there was a call to use water sparingly. A potato field…
Drought in East Africa – Where a person dies of hunger every 48 seconds – News
contents In the face of an impending famine, aid organizations denounce the failure of the global community. One person dies every 48 seconds in the drought regions of East Africa.…
Haute-Loire Drought: “It’s mid-May and we already have July 14 temperatures”
“When I meet the farmers or talk to them on the phone, they all tell me of their fear of the current temperatures. According to Yannick Fialip, president of the…
Drought: “The damage has been done” for crops, considers Christiane Lambert
“No region is spared. Every day that passes, we see the soil cracking. Even in the North, the cereals are thirsty. If it continues like this, those who have the…
Energy: should we worry about the slowdown of nuclear power plants because of the drought?
The Blayais nuclear power plant (Gironde) was forced last week to slow down its activity. In question ? The temperature of the water discharged by EDF into the Garonne which…
King of the table in Iraq, amber rice threatened by drought
A worker at a rice mill in Najaf, central Iraq, on May 1, 2022 (AFP/Qassem al-KAABI) It is a variety of flavored rice used in Iraq to prepare traditional dishes.…
spring drought haunts farmers in Maine-et-Loire
A wheat field operated by Denis Asseray, in Gennes-Val-de-Loire, on May 12, 2022. Like a quarter of its wheat production, this field is exceptionally irrigated due to the current drought,…
drought worries farmers
A wheat field, in Gennes-Val-de-Loire (Maine-et-Loire), May 12, 2022. Denis Asseray exceptionally waters this plot which is suffering from the drought caused by the lack of rain since this winter.…
Loire Are water reservoirs the solution to drought?
In the context of tension on the energy and food markets due to the war in Ukraine, and in order to better prepare the territories for the risk of drought,…