FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu >> Palelei Tovia recalls how Tuvalu islanders used to survive droughts with all-night vigils at wells to collect precious fresh water during the moments it seeped into the shafts.

A light, taunting shower of rain fell in Funafuti recently. It lasted minutes, with the slightest film of moisture quickly burned away by the bright sun, dashing the hopes of this crowded, parched ...

One of the most impassioned speeches at the United Nations Climate Change Conference was given today by Apisai Ielemia, the minister of foreign affairs, trade, tourism, environment and labor for the ...

Tuvalu faces an immediate crisis in the form of a severe and protracted drought. This Polynesian country, whose name means 'eight standing together' (the eight islands and atolls that comprise the ...

FUNAFUTI, TUVALU — Palelei Tovia recalls how Tuvalu islanders used to survive droughts with all-night vigils at wells to collect precious fresh water during the moments it seeped into the shafts. Ms.

Environmentalists say Australia could face an influx of so-called “climate change refugees” from the tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu. Residents in the Pacific island nation are currently suffering ...

FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- The drought in the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, which declared a state of emergency this month because of a severe shortage of fresh water, is likely to last ...