{"id":59806,"date":"2025-09-19T22:14:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T22:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/wmo-warns-of-growing-water-crises-amid-record-heat"},"modified":"2025-09-19T22:29:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T22:29:28","slug":"wmo-warns-of-growing-water-crises-amid-record-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/wmo-warns-of-growing-water-crises-amid-record-heat","title":{"rendered":"WMO warns of growing water crises amid record heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>The world\u2019s water resources are under growing strain from climate change, according to a new report released Thursday by the UN\u2019s World Meteorological Organization.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Geneva, WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo said water-related disasters are becoming more frequent and severe.<\/p>\n<p><b>Celeste Saulo, WMO Secretary-General:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The WMO\u2019s 2024 State of Global Water Resources report found that last year was the hottest in 175 years of record-keeping, with global temperatures averaging 1.55\u00b0C above pre-industrial levels. Scientists warn that warmer air holds more moisture, fueling both heavier rains and longer droughts.<\/p>\n<p><b>Celeste Saulo, WMO Secretary-General:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The report links these extremes partly to last year\u2019s strong El Nin\u0303o, which worsened drought in the Amazon and southern Africa, while floods struck Europe, Asia and Africa. It also raises alarm over accelerating glacier melt and the lack of global data on groundwater and water quality.<\/p>\n<p>The WMO says urgent investment in monitoring, data sharing, and early-warning systems is vital \u2014 because what happens to the water cycle in one region increasingly affects communities worldwide.<\/p>\n<p><b>Source: WMO<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Mauritius<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. The world\u2019s water resources are under growing strain from climate change, according to a new report released Thursday by the UN\u2019s World Meteorological Organization. Speaking in Geneva, WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo said water-related disasters are becoming more frequent and severe. Celeste Saulo, WMO Secretary-General: The WMO\u2019s 2024 State of Global Water Resources [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":59805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[1935,3002,241,212,1360],"class_list":["post-59806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-files","tag-climate-change","tag-drought","tag-mauritius","tag-united-nations","tag-water"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WMO warns of growing water crises amid record heat - Mauritius<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The world\u2019s water resources are under growing strain from climate change, according to a new report released Thursday by ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/wmo-warns-of-growing-water-crises-amid-record-heat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WMO warns of growing water crises amid record heat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The world\u2019s water resources are under growing strain from climate change, according to a new report released Thursday by ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/wmo-warns-of-growing-water-crises-amid-record-heat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mauritius\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-19T22:14:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-19T22:29:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2025\/09\/sm_1758304688.52901.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"538\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/wmo-warns-of-growing-water-crises-amid-record-heat#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/wmo-warns-of-growing-water-crises-amid-record-heat\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"WMO warns of growing water crises amid record heat\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-19T22:14:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-19T22:29:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/wmo-warns-of-growing-water-crises-amid-record-heat\"},\"wordCount\":193,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/wmo-warns-of-growing-water-crises-amid-record-heat#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2025\/09\/sm_1758304688.52901.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Climate Change\",\"Drought\",\"Mauritius\",\"United Nations\",\"water\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"files\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/wmo-warns-of-growing-water-crises-amid-record-heat#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/wmo-warns-of-growing-water-crises-amid-record-heat\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/wmo-warns-of-growing-water-crises-amid-record-heat\",\"name\":\"WMO warns of growing water crises amid record heat - 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