Drought

Drought in Syria

The drought threatens to put new pressures on Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq, where Syrian refugees are already straining the water supply.

Drought in South America

The price of coffee is on the rise. It's all due to the continuing drought in South America.

Horn of Africa

A recent climatic early warning report is out on the irregular rainfall situation experienced in the current season by the Horn of Africa may presage more drought.

California Drought

Record heat in Sacramento. Residents can expect record breaking heat with a high of 104. The old record - 102 degrees - was set last year on June 9.

Heat Wave in India

Thousands of people enraged by power cuts during an extreme heat wave have been protesting across northern India, setting electricity sub-stations on fire and taking power company officials hostage after power outages due to the dry and hot weather, officials said on Saturday.

A state utility official said thousands ransacked an electricity substation on Friday near Uttar Pradesh's capital city Lucknow, taking several workers hostage until police intervened on Saturday morning. Elsewhere, angry crowds set fire to electricity substations in Gonda and Gorakhpur.

The mercury touched a new high of 47 degrees celsius in the state capital, while Allahabad was the hottest place in the state with 48.3 degrees celsius. Banda was a close second with 47.6 degrees celsius. In most other places, the maximum temperature hovered between 44 and 47 degrees celsius.

The Met office said there will no respite from the intense heat in the coming days.There is no likelihood of any change in the heat wave conditions for most part of the coming week.