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2022-06-17 17:49
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Droughts may affect three-quarters of the world by 2050
TEHRAN – The United Nations has warned that droughts may affect over three-quarters of the world’s population by 2050.
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2022-05-16 18:29
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Has Iran entered a 30-year dry spell?
TEHRAN – If the trend of rising temperatures and water consumption continues, the severity and effects of the drought will intensify, Ahad Vazifeh, head of the national center for drought and crisis management has said.
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2021-10-19 18:11
IRCS seeks assistance from IFRC to deal with drought
TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has asked the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to help in dealing with the drought in the southeastern part of the country.
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2021-09-05 18:13
By Faranak Bakhtiari
From nanotechnology to solar power: solutions to drought
TEHRAN – While the drought has intensified in Iran and the country is facing water stress, various solutions from the use of solar power plants to the expansion of watershed management and nanotechnology are offered by experts and officials.
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2021-06-23 18:36
Tehran to host intl. workshop on space technology for drought, flood
TEHRAN – The International Workshop on the Space Technology Applications for Drought, Flood, and Water Resource Management will be held in Tehran from August 9 to 11.
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2021-06-15 17:29
Autumn rains likely to start later than normal
TEHRAN – Autumnal rainfall this year is likely to start later than normal in the country, hence the drought period will be prolonged, Ahad Vazifeh, head of the national center for drought and crisis management, has said.
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2021-05-26 16:43
More drought predicted for Iran over next 5 years
TEHRAN – According to the World Meteorological Organization's multiannual forecast, in the next five years, Iran’s average rainfall will decline by 75 percent, and the temperature rises by 50-75 percent compared to the long-term average.
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2021-05-18 18:42
National campaign to ease water stress in 4 provinces
TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) will launch a campaign for the fourth time to solicit public donations to ease water stress in four drought-ridden provinces of the country.
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2021-05-10 16:21
Some $766m proposed to drought management projects
TEHRAN – A total of 3.2 trillion rials (nearly $766 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) has been proposed for drought management projects with the priority given to the immediate supply of fresh water in urban areas across the country.
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2021-04-03 18:20
Iran to probably face drought this year: expert
TEHRAN – Iran will probably experience drought over the current [Iranian calendar] year (began on March 21), as only four provinces out of 31 provinces of the country received normal rainfall last year, director of flood control at Forests, Rangelands, and Watershed Management Organization said.
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2019-09-14 19:27
85% of Iran's population affected by prolonged drought: official
TEHRAN – Over 85 percent of the country’s total population is affected by prolonged drought over the past decade, Sadeq Ziaeian, director of the national center for drought and crisis management affiliated to the Meteorological Organization, told ISNA on Friday.
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2019-04-24 22:48
7-month heavy rainfalls beat 2-year drought: IMO official
TEHRAN – Director of National Drought Warning and Monitoring Center (NDWMC) affiliated to Iran’s Meteorological Organization (IMO) Sadeq Ziaeian announced that since the beginning of current water year (starting on September 23, 2018) precipitations have compensated for the below normal averages of past two years.
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2019-04-22 01:10
‘Projecting 100 years of wet spell unscientific’
TEHRAN — Projecting the start of 100 years of wet spell in Iran is scientifically inaccurate, former director of the Atmospheric Science and Meteorological Research Center has said.
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2019-04-17 22:58
Wetter-than-normal year not to make up for prolonged drought
TEHRAN – Hassan Sasani, an official with Isfahan regional water company, emphasized the urgency to tackle water scarcity in central parts of the country, noting that longstanding drought will not be eased by a year of above-normal precipitations.
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2019-04-07 08:46
Recent rainfalls not to fully address prolonged droughts: expert
TEHRAN – Despite above normal rainfalls amounting to 256 millimeters the country has received since the beginning of the current water year (starting on September 23, 2018), it cannot be claimed that the long-term droughts are set right, director for flood control and aquifer at Forests, Range and Watershed Management Organization has said.
