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Stories, reports and updates from the communities and charities working for clean water.
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Floods leave 38,000 homes in Medellín without running water
A storm burst a creek in western Medellín and damaged a treatment plant, cutting water to tens of thousands of homes in a city…
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El Niño puts 347 million children at risk of drought or floods
UNICEF warns that one of the strongest El Niños on record could bring unusually wet or dry months to children in nearly 100 countries…
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Bangkok under water: Thailand’s floods kill 40
Forty-eight hours of rain flooded Thailand’s capital, shut factories and left millions affected across the country.
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“Not a single bad year”: the world’s rivers ran dry in 2025
A year after warning of an erratic water cycle, the UN’s weather agency says the world’s freshwater savings are shrinking.
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Hungary’s worst drought in 126 years
A lake has nearly vanished, fish farms have lost hundreds of tonnes of fish, and the Danube ran so low it threatened a nuclear…
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After Nepal’s flood, 22,000 children need safe water
A week after the flood, UNICEF warned that thousands of children in Nepal had no safe water, toilets or way to stay clean.
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A wall of water and mud: Nepal’s deadliest flood
A catastrophic flash flood swept down the Bhotekoshi–Trishuli valley, burying villages and killing more than 1,400 people.
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Drought emergencies spread across Central America’s Dry Corridor
Honduras, El Salvador and Panama all declared drought emergencies within a week, as El Niño dried up the rains.
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Puerto Rico rations water as its main reservoir runs low
The rainy season brought drought instead. San Juan had its driest July on record.
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El Niño is here, and it’s getting stronger
Forecasters confirmed El Niño had arrived. The question now is how strong it gets, and where it brings drought or floods.