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In India, hundreds of thousands of people remain homeless in the state of Odisha after Cyclone Fani struck on May 3. Fani is considered one of the worst storms to hit India in 20 years, and the relatively low death toll of 64 is attributed to improved preventive measures. More than a million people evacuated […]
The Global Rundown Young people who drink arsenic-contaminated water may be more likely to experience heart problems, a study warns. Only a third of the world’s major rivers are still free-flowing, a new analysis shows. Cholera and other disease outbreaks are feared as the battle for Tripoli, Libya, rages on. Australia’s recent bout of extreme […]
Mozambique has suffered two massive cyclones in five weeks, an unprecedented occurrence according to weather experts at the United Nations. An Amnesty International official told the BBC the cyclones were “exactly what climate scientists warned would happen if we continue to warm our planet beyond its limits.” The official stressed the injustice of Mozambique residents […]
The Global Rundown Cyclone Kenneth, the strongest cyclone ever to hit Mozambique, makes landfall. Water plays a key role in India’s sprawling general election. Ongoing flood conditions in the midwestern United States stall fertilizer shipments. Wildfires break out in parched areas of Europe. Despite assurances that the water in Flint, Michigan, is safe, many residents […]
I’m Eileen Wray-McCann, for Circle of Blue, and here’s What’s Up with Water, your “need-to-know news” of the world’s water. In Mozambique, nearly a month after Cyclone Idai, damage to water, sanitation and infrastructure continues to impede recovery. Conditions are ripe for disease, especially in slums and displaced persons camps in and around the city […]
According to government estimates, 80 percent of South Sudanese do not have steady access to clean water.
The Global Rundown A new UNICEF report finds that many global health facilities lack water and sanitation service. Minnesota tightens restrictions on two per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Flooding causes widespread damage to farmland in Iran. Three states in the midwestern U.S. call for greater control over the Missouri River system. Power is restored to much […]
The Global Rundown Portugal assembles a record-high number of firefighters following a parched winter and sweltering temperatures. Officials warn that dams in southwestern Iran are nearly full. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposes lowering fluoride levels allowed in bottled water. As cholera cases soar, Mozambique begins an official vaccination campaign in the wake […]
The Global Rundown The U.S. is almost entirely drought-free. A property owner in Queensland, Australia, receives a government settlement over PFAS contamination in his groundwater. The first cases of cholera are reported in cyclone-hit Mozambique. A new study finds water and sanitation access is improving in sub-Saharan Africa, despite an ever-growing slum population. Venezuelans are […]
Most vulnerable are young children under age 5, who are 20 times more likely to die from diseases than violence.
The Global Rundown Mozambique braces for an outbreak of waterborne diseases following Cyclone Idai. In conflict zones, polluted water kills more children than direct violence, a UNICEF study finds. Sri Lanka begins nationwide power cuts as drought hampers hydropower output. Flash floods kill 17 people and injure dozens in southern Iran. Flooding disrupts water treatment […]
