Entries by Jane Johnston

The Stream, July 28, 2020: Two Great Lakes Miss All-Time High Water Levels by Mere Inches

The Global Rundown Lakes Michigan and Huron are inches away from setting all-time water level highs. Citizens of a West Virginia town have been without water for a week. Residents of the Hawaiian island of Kauai narrowly miss the wrath of Hurricane Douglas, while Hurricane Hanna continues to devastate the Texas Gulf coast. DigDeep announces […]

The Stream, July 24, 2020: Chennai is at risk for not meeting its drinking water requirements

The Global Rundown A committee of irrigation officials convene to fulfill Chennai’s drinking water requirements. Tens of thousands continue to be evacuated in China due to intense flooding. Researchers discover copious amounts of microplastics in the River Thames are threatening human health and wildlife.Annual rainfall continues to wreak havoc in South Asia. Michigan’s governor slams […]

The Stream, July 23, 2020: Water stock in seven lakes supplying water to Mumbai are low

The Global Rundown Water stock in the city of Mumbai may only last a little over 100 days. The food supply of over a million people in Cambodia is being threatened because of drought. A rock quarry in the U.S. state of Georgia could damage the water supply of surrounding residents and harm nearby waterways. […]

The Stream, July 21, 2020: Flooding Continues to Wreak Havoc in Rural China

The Global Rundown Devastating flooding continues to wreak havoc on rural China. New Mexico is granted access to billions of gallons of water after a drought left large portions of the Rio Grande dry. Millions of people are displaced due to intense flooding in India and Nepal. A new study from a Japanese university finds terrestrial water could have originated inside the snow line. Many UK residents are […]

Coronavirus, After Delay, Arrives in Bangladesh’s Refugee Camps

One threat for Rohingya Muslims collides with another.

World’s Refugee Camps At Risk for Major COVID-19 Outbreak

Health experts and humanitarian organizations fear that an outbreak of Covid-19 inside the world’s refugee camps could threaten global containment efforts.