Droughts

Farmer Maarten Janse drives his tractor on a drought stricken wheat field in Wolphaartsdijk, Netherlands, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

A punishing European drought shrivels crops from Dutch potatoes to Bosnian corn

A drought that is slamming Europe this summer is hitting farmers across Europe hard. From potatoes and onions in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom to Bosnian corn fields and Italian vineyards, harvests are happening early and yields are expected to be down as bone-dry weather stunts crops.

Health workers talk to a woman with her malnourished baby at Bay Hospital in Baidoa, Somalia, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)

Thousands flee yearslong drought in Somalia as hunger deepens and aid shrinks

smoke emerges from a forest during a wildfire in Deliblatska Pescara (Deliblato Sands), near the village of Sumarak, 70 kilometers north-west of Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Serbia races to contain wildfires as Europe’s blistering heat wave grips the Balkans

Bryan Pérez hauls a five-gallon water jug to his apartment in the Villa Kennedy public housing complex in San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Danica Coto, File)

Puerto Rican cities hit with water rationing measures as record dry conditions persist

Construction crews drill wells for border wall construction in July 2026, in Luna County, N.M., along the US-Mexico border. (Russell Johnson via AP)

Contractors building border wall ordered to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico

Punishing European drought shrivels Netherlands crops

A cloud of dust billows behind Maarten Janse’s tractor as he spreads a mixture of compost, straw and manure over a field to nourish the parched soil in the Netherlands. (AP video shot by Ahmad Seir Nassiri)

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Usually submerged areas of the Danube River are exposed amid exceptionally low water levels, in Rasova, Romania, Monday, Aug. 3 2026. (AP Photo/ Vadim Ghirda)

Extreme heat and drought take a toll around the world, in photos

Firefighters operate during a wildfire near Porto Germeno, northwest of Athens, Greece, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)

Europe’s hot, dry summer takes its toll with fires in France and Greece, and drought in the UK

People stand on a bank of sand on the Danube River as usually submerged areas are exposed due to extreme low levels of the water following an extended period of drought in Corabia, Romania, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Nicolae Dumitrache)

Record-low Danube River affects tourism and industry as drought and heat grip Central Europe

Scott Snyder checks to see how much water his cows have, July 16, 2026 near Montrose, Colo. (AP Photo/Brittany Peterson)

Water hauling is the new chore no rancher asked for

Residents transport drinking water from Humaita to the Paraizinho community, along a dry part of the Madeira River, a tributary of the Amazon River, amid a drought, Amazonas state, Brazil, Sep. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)

Latin American governments prepare for El Nino as drought, floods and heat loom

Bryan Pérez hauls a five-gallon water jug to his apartment in the Villa Kennedy public housing complex in San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Danica Coto, File)

Puerto Rico announces emergency water rationing as drought worsens

The Iron Fire burns outside near Eureka, Utah, Jun. 20, 2026. (Kelly Wickens/Utah Forestry, Fire State Lands via AP)

Heat, wind and drought conditions spark wildfires in US West

A firefighter monitors flames caused by the Hughes Fire along Castaic Lake in Castaic, Calif., Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

El Nino is here and scientists fear it’ll be big, bad and costly with heat, floods, droughts, fires

Anglers attempt to land a trout on the Miracle Mile section of the North Platte River in central Wyoming, May 17, 2021. (Dustin Bleizeffer/WyoFile via AP)

Critics oppose Wyoming hydroelectric project, pointing to climate-driven drought crisis

A drought-stressed stalk of wheat lies on a parched field Saturday, May 16, 2026, near Macksville, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Kansas farmers hit hard by weather extremes and growing costs, wheat crop could be worst since 1972

A mother looks at her daughter, who is suffering from severe acute malnutrition, at a stabilization center in a hospital in Qardho, Puntland, Somalia, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Jack Denton)

Somalia is in a deadly drought again. Most humanitarian aid isn’t there this time

Heather Grady plants a kale seedling in her yard Thursday, April 9, 2026, in Denver. (AP photo/Brittany Peterson)

Here’s how to grow your own food with less water, even in a drought

Fairfield Water Supervisor Chuck Dale speaks about the well house he stands in just outside of Fairfield, Mont., Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (Zeke Lloyd/Montana Free Press via AP)

Why Fairfield, Montana, is running out of water

Low water levels at Wahweap Bay at Lake Powell, along the Upper Colorado River Basin are shown, June 9, 2021, at the Utah and Arizona border at Wahweap, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Water to surge into drought-depleted Lake Powell but at costs elsewhere

Philip Anderson walks across a dry stock pond March 31, 2026, in Walden, Colo. (AP Photo/Brittany Peterson, File)

Record US drought sparks worries about fires, water supply and food prices

Gavino Rivera talks about the decline of the Hillcrest neighborhood Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, as he gathers scrap metal near a Citgo oil refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas. (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Years of drought has major energy port of Corpus Christi, Texas, wrestling with water crisis

Stephen Johnson and Sam Osborn, bottom, measure a Commiphora myrrha tree during what is called ecological transects, measuring a quadrant, counting the number of trees, measuring their trunk, crowns, as well as health on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, in Dharaaye, Ethiopia. (AP Photo/Julianne Gauron)

The myrrh tree that’s key to luxury perfumes and African incomes is threatened by drought

Clinton Whitten and hydrologist Maureen Gutsch, back, measure snow, Monday, March 30, 2026, in Kremmling, Colo. (AP Photo/Brittany Peterson)

Record low Colorado mountain snow won’t bode well for water in the drought-stricken US West

A resident of a riverside community carries food and containers of drinking water after being distributed due to the ongoing drought in Careiro da Varzea, Amazonas state, Brazil, Oct. 24, 2023. (AP Photo /Edmar Barros, File)

Heat waves that spark damaging droughts are happening more frequently, study finds

Women sit with malnourished children at Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)

UN data shows 6.5 million people in Somalia at risk of severe hunger from drought

Collin Morikawa celebrates at Pebble Beach Golf Links after winning the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament in Pebble Beach, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Collin Morikawa birdies the 18th to win Pebble Beach and end more than 2-year drought

A child stands in front of food aid supplied by the World Food Programme (WFP) ahead of distribution in Nalemkais Village, Turkana County, Kenya, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Ngugi)

Photos show hunger and water scarcity as drought grips northern Kenya

Locals queue to receive relief food as severe drought continues, in Lomekulu Village, Turkana County, Kenya, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Ngugi)

Drought leaves people hungry in Kenya as their livestock die

Water levels are seen low at the Rye Patch Reservoir outside of Lovelock, Nevada, on Jan. 14, 2026. ( /The Nevada Independent via AP)

Much of Nevada plagued by snow drought

Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs speaks during her State of the State address in the House of Representatives at the Capitol with Speaker of the House Rep. Steve Montenegro, R-Litchfield Park, left, and Senate President Warren Petersen, R-Gilbert, flanking the governor, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Drought-stricken Arizona moves to curb groundwater use in more rural areas

A woman holds an umbrella while crossing a street as rain falls in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

First rain of autumn falls in Iran’s capital, but the drought-ravaged nation needs far more

New York Jets quarterback Brady Cook (4) tucks the ball under pressure from the Miami Dolphins during the third quarter of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Jets find familiar themes as their playoff drought hits 15 seasons and QB uncertainty continues

Highland cattle from the Star Lake Cattle Company, who have bred many National Champions, rest near trees with colorful fall foliage, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, in Georges Mills, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Drought has muted this year’s leaf-peeping season, but pockets of brilliant colors remain

Turkey and Iraq reach draft agreement on sharing water as drought worsens

Cut down trees lie within view of the Cordillera Azul National Park, seen in the background near Chambira community, in Peru's Amazon, Oct. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

As Amazon’s ‘flying rivers’ weaken with tree loss, scientists warn of worsening droughts

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