South Sudan hunger crisis affects millions
Debora Patta is South Sudan and visits the visits the remote community of Kapoeta - traditionally a subsistance farming community and speaks with Farmers who haven't had rain for 18 months.
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Climate change challenges U.S. power grid
America's aging power grid is already struggling to meet demand, and with extreme weather events becoming more frequent and less predictable, climate change has become a major threat to the country's energy infrastructure. Akshaya Jha, assistant professor of economics and public policy at the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University, joined CBS News to discuss.
Italy's largest river dries up, exposing wartime ship that sank in 1943
The drought-stricken Po is losing water, putting Italy's food and energy supplies at risk.
California rations water amid its worst drought in 1,200 years
Restrictions on water usage affects millions of residents as the state imposes "unprecedented" cutbacks.
Southern California imposes water restrictions
More than 6 million Californians are under new water restrictions as of June 1. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California made an urgent call for a 35% reduction in water use, as nearly the entire state is under severe drought. CBS's Elaine Quijano spoke with Adel Hagekhalil, the water supplier's general manager, about how these new rules will affect people's lives.
Nevada bans "non-functional" grass amid megadrought
A new Nevada law bans all non-functional grass as it seeks to conserve water amid a 22-year-long drought. Ben Tracy reports.
Las Vegas seeks to conserve water in drought
Las Vegas is initiating new water conservation efforts like ripping out all non-functioning grass and recycling drainage water. CBS News senior national and environmental correspondent Ben Tracy has details on "CBS News Mornings."
Californians could face mandatory water cuts amid drought
Newsom is urging local water agencies to ramp up their conservation messaging to avoid the need for mandatory restrictions.
Megadrought dramatically transforms Lake Powell
A decades-long drought is threatening Lake Powell, the nation's second largest reservoir. But as the water recedes, a canyon is being reborn. Ben Tracy takes a look.
Lake Powell is vanishing with drought — but it's bringing a canyon back to life
The nation's second largest reservoir, which provides water to millions of people, is just 24% full.
Megadrought drains Lake Powell
Environmentalists have long cursed the day Glen Canyon was dammed and the Lake Powell reservoir was formed by flooding the landscape behind it. Thanks to alarmingly low water levels and a two-decade-long drought, that landscape now seems to be returning to its natural state not seen for more than half a century. Ben Tracy reports.
Bodies surfacing in Lake Mead recall mob's time in Las Vegas
"I would be willing to bet there are going to be a few more bodies," a UNLV history professor said after the discovery of two sets of human remains.
Drought threatens water, energy security
Western states are experiencing the worst drought in at least 1,200 years, and scientists say climate change has made conditions significantly worse. Dartmouth College assistant professor of geography Justin Mankin joined CBS News' Mola Lenghi and Tanya Rivero to discuss the historic drought and how it's forcing communities to make an impossible choice.
Western drought triggers water emergency
Millions of Southern California residents are being asked to cut their outdoor watering to one day a week as a worsening drought in the West continues. Ben Tracy reports.
"Unprecedented": New maps show nearly all of the West is in drought
The latest government maps show 95% of California is suffering severe or extreme drought.
California residents forced to cut water use
Around six million residents in Southern California are being ordered to cut their water use due to a historic drought. CBS News senior national and environmental correspondent Ben Tracy joins Errol Barnett to discuss.
Southern Californians ordered to cut water use amid drought
Southern California's water supplier has taken the unprecedented step of ordering millions of people to cut their outdoor watering to one day a week.
Ominous trend in American West could signal a looming "megadrought"
"The persistence of the drought conditions, in the Colorado River basin especially, is essentially unprecedented in human history," John Fleck, author of "Water is for Fighting Over," said.
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