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Water shortage

People walk past a damaged building in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta, Syria.

A major water crisis in Syria’s capital worsens as fighting continues

Conflict

A major water crisis in Syria’s capital worsened as regime and rebel forces clashed near its main reservoir Thursday despite a fragile truce that entered its seventh day.

Bolivia’s dried-out Ajuan Khota dam, a reservoir affected by drought near La Paz, photographed on Nov. 17.

With melting glaciers and mining, Bolivia’s water is running dangerously low

Environment
Measuring the snowpack

January snows in the Sierras ease, but will not end, California’s drought

Environment