Grower loses Xmas cherry crop. 23/11/2005. ABC News Online: "Grower loses Xmas cherry crop

An apple and cherry grower from the Orange region in central western New South Wales has lost more than 90 per cent of his crop in a severe overnight hail and rain storm."

The Australian: Oil prices rise before cold weather [November 22, 2005]: "Oil prices rise before cold weather
From correspondents in London
November 22, 2005

WORLD oil prices gained ground overnight amid colder weather across the United States and Europe, and forecasts of a harsh northern hemisphere winter that may stretch heating fuel supplies."

The Australian: Oil prices rise before cold weather [November 22, 2005]: "Oil prices rise before cold weather
From correspondents in London
November 22, 2005

WORLD oil prices gained ground overnight amid colder weather across the United States and Europe, and forecasts of a harsh northern hemisphere winter that may stretch heating fuel supplies."

US News Article | Reuters.com
Gamma weakens, kills 14 in Central America
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (Reuters) - U.S. military helicopters began flying aid to survivors in central America on Sunday as Gamma, the 24th major storm in a record-breaking hurricane season, weakened after killing 14 people.

International news from swissinfo, the Swiss news platform
In Arctic, global warming evidence mounts

By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent

HARSTAD, Norway (Reuters) - Life is harsh on the freezing tundra of the Arctic Circle where Anna Prakhova lives. But it can be much harder when snows do not fall.

In recent years, snows have failed to fall as normal across large parts of the barren land dotted with low birch and pines.

Rain from hurricanes salvaged crops
"Rain from hurricanes salvaged crops
Harvest season winding up with good soybean, corn yields

By Bruce Schreiner
The Associated Press
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Kentucky farmers overcame a summer drought to produce near-record soybean yields and above-average amounts of corn, the government said Thursday."

STLtoday - News - World
Brazil's Amazon suffers worst drought in 40 years
By Jack Chang
KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERSI
11/06/2005

MANAQUIRI, BRAZIL

While hurricanes thousands of miles away battered the United States and the Caribbean with water and wind, the residents of this fishing town in the deep Amazon watched the lake they depend on for food and transportation shrivel away.

Typhoon Kai Tak batters Vietnam : Mail & Guardian Online: "Eighteen people, including three children, are confirmed dead and two are missing after Typhoon Kai Tak battered central Vietnam, officials said on Thursday."

Drought threatens Mozambicans: "Lisbon - About one million people in Mozambique are facing hunger because of an ongoing drought in the southeastern African nation, Mozambican President Armando Guebuza said on Wednesday."

Taipei Times - archives: "Official says China beset by `world's worst water crisis'

AGENCIES , BEIJING
Wednesday, Nov 02, 2005,Page 4

China risks the world's most severe water crisis unless it takes urgent measures to save water in its booming cities, state media yesterday quoted a senior official as saying."

ENN: Environmental News Network [[Today's News Full Story ]]: "Hurricane Wilma Rains Benefit Drought-Prone Cuba, though Some Coffee Crops at Risk

November 01, 2005 — By Associated Press

HAVANA — Rains associated with Hurricane Wilma benefited drought-prone Cuba, filling water reservoirs to 76 percent capacity, the state-run Trabajadores newspaper reported Monday."