Kenya Holds First National Day of Prayer to Ask for Divine Help to End Crippling Drought: ‘We Now Need God’
In response to the ongoing drought in his country, the president of Kenya called for a national day of prayer Tuesday.
California in the midst of a Mega Drought; Not Seen in 1200 Years
“California has been in dry conditions for much of the last 10 years, with only two years of wet,” Jeff Mount, senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California Water Policy Center, previously told Newsweek.
Record High: 75% Of US Winter Wheat Suffers From Drought
La Niña has returned for the third consecutive winter, allowing for drier-than-average conditions across America’s crop belt. Some farmers told Bloomberg that conditions are so dry that “fertilizer is evaporating from the soil, and plants are strugglin…
US hit with 15 billion-dollar disasters this year
Hurricane Ian, which has just devastated Florida and Puerto Rico, was the 15th billion-dollar weather and climate disaster to hit the US this year so far, Axios reports. Early estimates of damage from Hurricane Ian show insured losses of $53 billion to…
50 million people in 45 countries face the “hell” of famine, UN food Chief says
The UN’s World Food Program (WFP) chief has announced that around 50 million people in 45 countries are facing the “hell” of famine amid a catalog of world crises he described as “a perfect storm on top of a perfect storm,” Associated Press reports. WF…
Somalia is facing catastrophic deadly famine, UN says
The United Nations Humanitarian Chief announced Monday that Somalia is facing a second catastrophic famine, worse than that of 2011, in which 260,000 people died, DW reports. The causes of the impending catastrophe are manifold, including four years of…
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