Etiket: drought
Possible new measures to limit the effects of a persistent drought | News item
News item | 17-08-2022 | 20:18 It is dry in the Netherlands. The occasional and local showers offer limited relief for a number of days. The drought and its effects…
Gas price continues to rise due to persistent drought and low rivers | Money
On the Dutch futures market – the benchmark for the price of natural gas in Europe – the price will rise by more than 5 percent on Tuesday to 232…
No flooding but drought: reversed world for pump company Van Heck
The high temperatures are causing more and more problems in nature. Streams, ponds and ditches run dry, salinization threatens and dikes threaten to become unstable. To prevent this, water is…
Maasdijk squeaks and creaks under the drought: ‘I am worried’
The bright sun and high temperature are not good for the dikes along the Maas near Heesbeen in the municipality of Heusden. Huge cracks have formed in the clay due…
Due to extreme drought, self-built hydroelectric power station has been standing still for weeks
The self-built Dommelstroom hydroelectric power station of father Jan and son Bram Taks from Sint-Michielgestel has been standing still for weeks due to drought. With their power station they generate…
Drought increases demand for artificial grass
Drought increases demand for artificial grass Natural grass will have a hard time this summer due to the drought. It looks dead and is a shadow of the untouched turf…
Because of drought! Fruit harvest in Brandenburg in danger
Apples of the Piros variety on one of the plantations in Markendorf Photo: Soeren Stache/dpa From the BZ editorial team Ants in cherries, plums that are too small, burnt apples:…
No additional national measures against drought for the time being
Despite the high temperatures in the coming days, no additional measures are needed nationally against the drought for the time being. This was decided on Wednesday by the so-called Water…
Despite the drought, the dahlias are looking great for the Zundert parade | NOW
The dahlias on the fields of the hamlets in and around Zundert are not affected by the prolonged drought and the water board’s prohibition to withdraw. “It looks fantastically beautiful.”…
Nature managers alert to drought and see that nature’s resilience is under pressure
Managers and supervisors in nature reserves do everything they can to prevent a wildfire and are therefore extra alert these days. According to them, a fire such as in 2018,…