Drought conditions have turned Miner's Marsh — normally a large, lush wetland in Kentville, N.S. — into dry, cracked earth.

They were ferried back from the salt marshes on the inshore lifeboat. Wells Lifeboat operations manager, Chris Hardy, urged people to be aware of the tide times when on the marshes.

A boat ran aground in a marsh last night and needed to be rescued. The volunteer RNLI crew from Lymington was paged to the ...

He was afraid of the marsh people," Mr. Abad said. "So he took away our water." Mr. Abad's family of 21 live in a mud-brick house thatched with straw in the village of Abosholan.

They were ferried back from the salt marshes on the inshore lifeboat. Wells Lifeboat operations manager, Chris Hardy, urged people to be aware of the tide times when on the marshes.