How far we go to solve the water crisis

Places around the world are drying up. Some say pulling an actual iceberg to your hometown can fix it. We'll take a look at this and some other crazy ideas to stop taps from running dry.

China's severe drought from the air

 

After more than 70 days of extreme temperatures and low rainfall, China has seen its worst drought on record.

Southern China has recorded its longest period of drought since records began, 60 years ago.

The country is now using cloud seeding to try and change the amount of precipitation that falls.

Utah's Great Salt Lake is running out of water

 

This July, the largest salt water lake in the Western Hemisphere reached its lowest level ever recorded, and experts say the shrinking of the Great Salt Lake could have disastrous consequences for the ecology, economy, and people of northern Utah.

India water: Hundreds jostle to reach well

 

People in Khadimal village in the western Indian state of Maharashtra have been forced to risk their lives every day for one bucket of water.

The village is in Amravati district in Maharashtra's drought-prone Vidarbha region, which also faces frequent heat waves.

The residents say the local village council sends tankers twice or thrice a day. The tanker drivers pour water into a well, triggering a desperate rush to fill buckets before the stock runs dry.

Their troubles are worsened because of the

Our drinking water - Is the world drying up?

 

Only 0.3 percent of the Earth's total water supply is suitable for human consumption. Ominously, this precious resource is beginning to shrink. Natural water reservoirs are drying up due to climate change.

Why is Cape Town axing trees to prevent drought?

 

Three years ago, Cape Town in South Africa came dangerously close to completely running out of water when a severe and unanticipated drought turned all local reservoirs into dustbowls. To prevent this happening again, dozens of teams armed with chainsaws are seeking to protect those reservoirs in an unusual m

Humanitarian crisis in Kenya: 2.4 million at risk of hunger

 

A humanitarian disaster is unfolding in Kenya where more than 20 counties are affected by a drought. One of the worst hit counties is Marsabit in Northern Kenya where it hasn’t rained for a full year now.

Climate change fuels drought, starvation worldwide | DW News

 

Six years ago, the UN set the goal of ending world hunger by 2030. Back then it seemed like an attainable target, but not anymore. It's now estimated that over 800 million people around the world do not have enough to eat. The island of Madagascar is facing a famine that the UN says is caused by climate change.

Australia: Ravaged by drought and fire

Bushfires are nothing new in Australia, but this season’s blazes have taken on a new dimension. Their vast scale is largely down to extreme weather conditions. Last year was the hottest and driest since recordings began in 1910. More than 12 million hectares of land have been razed since the outbreak of the Australian bushfires in October 2019. As well as the human and financial costs, the fires have killed an estimated one billion wild animals. One reason for the scale of the blazes is severe drought. Sheep farmer Brendan Cullen, who lives 60 km from the outback town of Broken Hill in southern Australia, says he has stopped looking at the weather report because it fills him with fear.