As an extreme drought grips California, making water increasingly scarce, thieves are making off with billions of gallons of the precious resource, tapping into fire hydrants, rivers, and even small family homes and farms.

US & Canada

Environment

Water

drought

California, United States

California

KVIA

KRDO

KIFI

The Mercury news

Thieves in California are stealing scarce water amid extreme drought, ‘devastating’ some communities

A teenager has died after getting into difficulty in the River Wharfe at Grassington in the Yorkshire Dales on Thursday 22 July.

Telegraph & Argus 

Yorkshire Post

Craven Herald

Teenager becomes sixth person to lose his life in open water in Calendar region

Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant wrote a letter to Minister of State, Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai for deploying additional NRDF teams for rescue and relief works in Maharashtra's flood-hit Ratnagiri and Kolhapur.

Asia

India

Times of India

NDTV

Hindustan Times 

India Today

Maharashtra floods: Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant writes to MoS Nityanand Rai, asks for additional NRDF deployment in Ratnagiri, Kolhapur

The situation was so grim in Chiplun that besides the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams, the Coast Guard and the Navys help had to be sought for the rescue work.

Floods

Coast Guard

Chiplun

India TV News

Thousands stuck as water rises up to 12 feet in Maharashtra’s Chiplun

G20 environment and energy ministers Thursday held their first day of meetings in the Italian city of Naples, after which they issued a joint document on the protection of nature, especially ecosystems.

International

pollution

G20 Summit

The Nation 

Anadolu Ajansı

Merco Press

G20 environment meeting opens with ambitious joint document

Bad Muenstereifel's transformation from picturesque but sleepy German tourist town into an outlet shopping centre put it on the map for millions of visitors. Then floods laid waste to its medieval streets and half-timbered buildings, highlighting the vulnerability of Europe's top economy to an increasingly unpredictable

Europe

Climate Change

Berlin, Germany

Berlin

Reuters

The Star Kuala Lumpur

FijiTimes

Once its strength, water now threatens Germany

Amnesty says security forces used live ammunition on protesters while officials blame ‘opportunists’Iran is using unlawful and excessive force in a crackdown against protests over water shortages in its oil-rich but arid southwestern Khuzestan province, according to international rights groups.Amnesty International said it had confirmed the deaths of at least eight protesters and bystanders, including a teenage boy, after the 

Protestors

Middle East

Politics

Tehran

The Guardian

The Daily Star Lebanon 

Iran accused of using unlawful force in water protest crackdown

After a day-long respite, heavy showers once again lashed the state on Thursday, inundating fields causing landslides and forcing rivers to overflow. The return of heavy rainfall not only doused hopes of farmers who were waiting to salvage their paddy cultivation, but also kept fire department personnel on their toes.

News18 India

Rain continues to pummel Goa, rivers in full spate, flood warning in Bicholim and Sattari

The House set deadlines for the EPA to implement drinking water regulations for the nonstick forever chemicals known as PFAS.

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