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Pakistan issues drought alert for multiple regions due to scarce rainfall

  • Rainfall was 40 percent lower than normal across Pakistan from Sept. 1, 2024, to Jan. 15, 2025
  • In Sindh, rainfall was 52 percent lower than normal, Balochistan 45 percent, Punjab 42 percent
By Arab News Pakistan ·

Drought hits food access for 26 million in southern Africa: UN

By AFP ·

UN warns global drought carries $300 billion annual cost

By AFP ·

Record drought in Amazon impacts 420,000 children: UNICEF

By AFP ·

Climate change is making temperatures deadlier, food less reliable, experts warn

By Reuters ·

Baby flamingos saved from drought-decimated lake in Algeria

By AFP ·

Hundreds protest lack of water in Iran’s drought-hit west

By Arab News ·

Sindh pins big hopes on small dams to help Pakistani farmers beat drought

By Reuters ·
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In Pakistan's Balochistan, drought shrivels both crops and hopes

By Naimat Khan ·
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Balochistan’s “worst drought” pushes province into untested waters

By Naimat Khan ·

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