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Irrigation Minister directs officials to prepare contingency plans to counter El Nino impact

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Public Discourse · Bluesky · this story as of 10d ago
17 distinct posts / 48h, matching Nino 8 Irrigation 7 Minister 3
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11d ago Climate impacts — flooding for example, can also play role in irrigation water getting contaminated. Anyhoo. Brave new world of considerations -1.0
11d ago Legit question…are they recycling gray/contam water for irrigation because of drought conditions? Cause we’re liable to see a lot more of this happening in US. -2.0
11d ago We always need to conserve so industry can flourish. Calif dealt with drought conditions for decades while the farmers flooded their crops, wasting millions of gallons each year. Farms were finally… -3.0
11d ago Quantifying heat vs drought-induced yield decline of German cropping systems and the mitigating potential of irrigation +1.0
11d ago Thank You, Geraldo and co-workers, for laying the irrigation pipes. Protection from the extreme heat must be provided for our farm workers. We Need You, You Feed Us❣️ +6.0
12d ago Cyclospora info. It might not just be food-borne, but in crop irrigation water, due to flooding. See link to story in comments -2.0
12d ago “First, sustainable diversion limits (SDLs) for surface, groundwater extractions were originally set at trillions of litres more than a ‘low environmental risk’. Too much water being taken from Bas… -4.0
12d ago 'Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the prime minister, told MPs “the risks we face from climate change cannot be underestimated”, and warned of the “significant and prolonged disruption to essen… -4.0
12d ago Btw, I am pretty sure the flood defence budget got cut quite a bit in Reeves’ spending review last year (after many years of increases). This is going to be a lovely surprise gift for whichever pr… -5.0
12d ago In recent weeks, heat waves have caused deaths across the country, hundreds of forest fires are raging in Northern Quebec and extreme weather is forecast for the rest of the summer. What is Prime M… -6.5
10d ago Latin American governments prepare for El Nino as drought, floods and heat loom. Governments are mobilizing firefighters, activating contingency plans and preparing water, energy and transportatio… ×2 +1.5
11d ago This is before the impact of the drought in the US, the poor monsoon in South Asia, and the forthcoming onset of El Nino is factored in. Get ready for a rough ride -4.0
11d ago First time I lived under a pall of wildfire smoke was 1997 in Southeast Asia. For months. An El Nino drought + rapacious destruction of forests on Borneo and Sumatra led to wildfires that blanketed… -5.0
11d ago 🚨 A crisis is building 🚨 Drought (made worse by El Nino), conflict, Ebola and rising food prices are converging in the Greater Horn of Africa, raising fears of a major humanitarian crisis. theco… -6.0
12d ago No, it does not show extreme heat. It shows a +1.25 degree positive anomaly in the Nino 3.4 region that is exceptional only in that it is happening earlier than it did in the other recent El Ninos.… +1.5
12d ago Worst heat wave + El Nino in 150 years, cataclysmic wildfire outbreaks, data center overbuilds creating massive new price spikes and reliability risks, GHG emissions still growing. If only there w… -6.0
12d ago This worries me: "By mid-2026, weather forecasts were signalling that the world was heading towards a severe El Niño... For southern Africa, it typically presents drought..." theconversation.com/w… -3.0

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T3 Irrigation Minister directs officials to prepare contingency plans to counter El Nino impact weather_forecast thehindu.com prepared, cautious, proactive
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