Affected districts are located in the northern, northwestern and eastern provinces of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Over 500,000 people are affected from drought

The department of cooperative governance said it had elevated the drought to a 'national disaster' after reassessing its 'magnitude and severity'

South Africa declares drought a 'national disaster'

Cape Town’s drought is part of a wider climate change pattern seen around the country including Eastern Cape province, where several towns also face water shortages

Drought forces some Cape Town residents into midnight queues for water

A total of 25,000 farmers of Chhindwara got the money to their bank accounts under the price deficit finance scheme

MP: Rs 64 crore given to farmers under Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana scheme

The U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) warned in July of the worst drought in 16 years in the country, saying there were "serious concerns" about a lack of rainfall in key cereal-producing areas.

Late summer rains, private food supplies limit impact of North Korea drought

The government said widespread hunger 'makes people vulnerable to exploitation, human rights abuses and to criminal and terrorist networks'

Somalia drought: ?110 dead from hunger in past 48 hours

Only 300,000 hectares out of a possible 800,000 were cultivated, largely because of a lack of irrigation

Sri Lanka suffers worst drought in decades, over a million affected

China aims to use weather modification technologies to create more than 60 billion cubic metres of additional rain a year by 2020

China sets aside $30 million for weather modification programme

Drought this year has slashed output to the lowest level in six years

Indian cotton stockpiles to fall by a third as output plunges

Police fired teargas, beat up protesters and broke down doors at some houses, saying they were looking for organisers of the protest

Zimbabwe protests turn violent as taxi drivers and citizens face off against cops

The water crisis is apparently the fallout of over-consumption, wastefulness, and inefficient water-governance systems

Murder, violence on the rise as parched central India battles for water

Many have to travel real far to collect water, thus exposing them to the risk of being sexually abused. And there is the added threat of a water-borne disease and other ailments.

The risks more than 17 million African women and girls have to take to fetch water

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