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In the dusty village of Mafomoti, southern Zimbabwe, farmers have already lost cattle and crops in the severest drought to hit the nation in a quarter of a century. But the worst may be yet to come. Midway through…
Drought has caused irrecoverable corn crop losses in some areas of Argentina despite the El Niño weather phenomenon which usually triggers heavy rains in South America, an analyst at the country’s main grains exchange said. Argentina is the fourth…
GRAZIERS in northwest Queensland rejoiced after recent rain briefly eased drought conditions but a new threat has swarmed the outback. Plagues of locusts are now destroying new grass shoots which sprouted following the late December rains. George and…
The hail highly affected a large part of the Upper Valley. A few days before the harvest started, most of the apple, pear, and peach production was lost in some farms. This time, the most affected was an area in…
Hailstones as big as golf balls fell on the Tasman coast from Mapua to Riwaka from 7pm, before hitting Motueka and the Lower Moutere valley. Orchardists were still surveying the damage but apple, pear and kiwifruit crops will be…
A punishing heatwave is wreaking havoc in Zimbabwe, giving airline pilots a torrid time and literally sapping the energy out of a country that has seen its hydro-electric reservoir evaporate in the scorching heat. As the El Niño phenomenon…
A hail storm which swept through Lentsweletau, Botswana, last week Tuesday, has left many farmers with destroyed produce, totalling to over a million pula in value. Many are funded by CEDA and are concerned that they will not be able…
Paddy worth more than Rs 110 million is estimated to have been damaged in a downpour accompanied by hailstorm two weeks ago in Khotang. According to the preliminary statistics of district agriculture development office, the heavy rainfall with hailstorm…
Saado Osman straps two bulging sacks of United Nations wheat to her donkey, one of the few animals the 70-year-old eastern Ethiopian herder has left since the rains stopped. Like millions of others in the Horn of Africa nation…
SEVEN people have been buried alive in a landslide at a tea plantation in central Sri Lanka, disaster relief officials say. A ROW of houses on the estate in Kotmale was buried under the landslide during heavy rains on…