Tensions Rise As Drought Worsens, Threatens to Spread
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ATLANTA _ North and South Carolina are fighting over a river. In Tennessee, springs are drying up, jeopardizing production of Jack Daniels whiskey. The mayor of Los Angeles is asking residents to take shorter showers. And in Georgia, the governor is praying for rain.
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Western states grapple with how to address an increasing threat to livestock from wolves and big cats.
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Officials are concerned about the possible spread of serious ailments such as cholera, typhoid and malaria and also issued warnings about the bird flu virus.
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By Patrick O'Driscoll  DENVER -- The fast-growing states of the arid Southwest must plan for more severe droughts because of a regional warming trend that shows no signs of dissipating, says a new assessment of the Colorado River's water supply.
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The low snowpack in the Cascade Range is raising the specter of water shortages this summer, but a new study of tree-ring data indicates the Northwest has endured far worse droughts over the past 250 years &#151; and is likely to again.
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Neighbors are turning in neighbors for violating water restrictions, farmers are jittery about crops and churchgoers are praying for rain as Georgia suffers through one of its worst droughts in decades.
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Last-minute measures to combat a drought in the Southeast belie a history of inaction when it comes to managing and conserving water.
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Reporters there say they face a growing threat from feuding political factions.
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Wild camels in drought-stricken Australia are in plague proportions, damaging the environment and property as they compete with native animals for food and water.
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An escalation of ethnic violence is threatening to plunge the country into chaos.
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Recent storms, droughts and heat waves are probably being caused by global warming, which means the effects of climate change are coming
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Residents of a previously drought-stricken area of southeastern Australian were Friday being evacuated to safety as rising floodwaters threatened to swamp homes and farmland.
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A Fiji islander frets about rising sea levels, while villagers cope with the destruction of mangrove swamps in India, and a Nepalese Sherpa fears his mountain valley will be flooded by melting glacier runoff high in the
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The five-year drought parching much of the western United States could continue for years and may be just the beginning of a long era of drier times due to global warming, a new study suggests.
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Tensions rose to the surface Saturday as China and developing nations including India raised objections to a hard-fought draft agreement at a UN conference on climate change.
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By Andy Reid, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Dec. 15--New emergency water pumps, along with a day of soaking rain, offered hope Thursday to South Florida growers struggling through drought conditions.
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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.