http://drought.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for drought en Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:42:20 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2034995 unknown@Netscape.com Drought, a fixture in much of the West for nearly a decade, now covers more than one-third of the continental USA. And it's spreading. As summer starts, half the nation is either abnormally dry or in outright drought from prolonged lack of rain that could lead to water shortages, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, a weekly index of conditions. Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:42:20 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2034995droughtwaterconservationCaliforniaglobalwarmingNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2013348 unknown@Netscape.com Much of the western U.S. may be headed into a prolonged dry spell "perfect drought," scientists say, that could persist for generations. Mon, 28 May 2007 15:10:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2013348droughtusNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2010334 unknown@Netscape.com The severe drought in South Florida had an upside for state water management officials who took advantage of the low water levels in Lake Okeechobee and began giving the lake bed a good cleaning. Sat, 26 May 2007 15:19:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2010334lakeokeechobeeFloridadroughtcleanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2010710 unknown@Netscape.com The water bans are growing, and Government agencies are cracking down. Sat, 26 May 2007 15:14:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2010710gardeningwaterBansdroughtrestrictionsgeorgiaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1969815 unknown@Netscape.com Federal meteorologists expect "extreme" drought conditions this summer in Southern California, offering more bad news for firefighters who are already dealing with record dry weather. Sat, 19 May 2007 21:48:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1969815droughtClimateCaliforniaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1550774 unknown@Netscape.com PM John Howard warned that irrigation of much of the nation's farmland will be banned unless there is heavy rainfall in the next month. Irrigators are already warning that if they cannot water their land, there will be huge crop losses & consumers will face large price rises. He said there was no choice, and he described the situation as grim. Sat, 21 Apr 2007 07:55:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1550774AustraliarecorddroughtClimatechangewatershortageglobalwarmingNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1514793 unknown@Netscape.com AUSTRALIA'S worst drought in a century has uncovered a town deliberately flooded 50 years ago as part of a massive hydro-electricity scheme, stirring painful memories for former residents. Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:29:54 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1514793droughtuncoversdrownedtownNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1456777 unknown@Netscape.com Profligate shower-takers may find their water supply cut to a trickle as country endures a long drought made worse by global warming. Sun, 15 Apr 2007 08:49:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1456777waterpoliceAustraliadroughtglobalwarmingNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1313621 unknown@Netscape.com Human-induced change in Earth's atmosphere will leave the American Southwest in perpetual drought for the next 90 years, a new study finds. Conditions in the southwestern states will be similar to those seen during a severe multiyear drought in the southwest during the 1950s and the drought that turned the Great Plains into the Dust Bowl in the 1930s. Thu, 05 Apr 2007 21:20:50 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1313621ClimatedroughtenvironmentSciencesouthwestNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1079862 unknown@Netscape.com Zimbabwe's food crisis will worsen this year because of a drought that has decimated maize and other key crops, the country's state-run media have said. Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:16:20 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1079862foodcrisisZimbabwedroughtCropsmaizeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/973302 unknown@Netscape.com Erratic weather patterns in southern Africa have devastated harvest prospects for millions of people and could spell yet another year of widespread food shortages Tue, 13 Mar 2007 01:20:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/973302AfricashortageweatherharvestdroughtNews http://web2announcer.com/go/943291 unknown@Netscape.com An inspirational farmer proving just how much is possible for farmers in Africa, even in times of extreme drought. Sun, 11 Mar 2007 09:52:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/943291agriculturewaterfarmdroughtAfricaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/944209 unknown@Netscape.com The harmful effects of global warming on daily life are already showing up, and within a couple of decades hundreds of millions of people won't have enough water, top scientists will say next month at a meeting in Belgium. Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:03:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/944209globalwarmingClimatedroughtdiseaseNews http://web2announcer.com/go/7508 unknown@Netscape.com Scan through on what the nature is doing with us!! Is it just the start of the retaliations of what assaults we made on the environment we live in? Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:31:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/7508Newsfloodearthquakeacid raindrought http://web2announcer.com/go/7217 unknown@Netscape.com Hundreds of families displaced. Traumatized children causing problems in schools. Landowners losing everything and sickened from the stress. It sounds like New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, but these symptoms are appearing much farther north - in North Dakota. Sun, 27 Aug 2006 03:34:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/7217NewsNorth DakotaflooddroughtDevils Lakecanada http://web2announcer.com/go/4961 unknown@Netscape.com Areas of western China are enduring their worst drought in 50 years, with at least 14 million people suffering from a shortage of drinking water. Thousands of people are being admitted to hospitals daily due to heatstroke as temperatures regularly 95 degrees Fahrenheit, while large tracts of farmland have been devastated. Fri, 18 Aug 2006 05:47:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/4961Newschinadrought http://web2announcer.com/go/2689 unknown@Netscape.com Thousands of fish are dying, ducks are catching botulism and some species of wildlife are being driven to extinction from some waterways as the impact of drought spreads nationwide in the U.K. Wed, 09 Aug 2006 17:16:01 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2689ScienceenvironmentdroughtClimateNews