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  2. List of droughts - Wikipedia

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    Aoyate drought in the late 18th or early 19th century; 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia; 2008–2009 Kenya drought; 2011 East Africa drought; Sahel drought. 2010 Sahel famine; 2012 Sahel drought; Eastern Cape drought; 2017 Somali drought; 2018–2021 Southern African drought; 2020–2023 Horn of Africa drought; 2021 Somali drought; Food security ...

  3. List of countries by natural disaster risk - Wikipedia

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    Provides key information on all countries in the world. "World's Worst Natural Disasters" Includes list of world's deadliest disasters in history. ...

  4. Drought - Wikipedia

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    Crop yield is also negatively effected by drought stress, the reduction in crop yield results from a decrease in photosynthetic rate, changes in leaf development, and altered allocation of resources all due to drought stress. [73] Crop plants exposed to drought stress suffer from reductions in leaf water potential and transpiration rate.

  5. Climate change-driven droughts are unearthing Earth’s secrets ...

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    That has exposed the Dolmen of Guadalperal, a prehistoric stone circle with more than 100 standing rocks that was discovered by the German archaeologist Hugo Obermaier in 1926 and dates to around ...

  6. 2022 European drought - Wikipedia

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    During the summer of 2022, parts of Europe experienced drought conditions exacerbated by heat waves. [1] This was preceded by a warm and dry spring. On 9 August, a senior European Commission researcher said that it seemed to be Europe's worst year in 500 years. [2] A report from the Global Drought Observatory has confirmed this. [3]

  7. Drought: what is it and what can be done about it? - AOL

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    – When was the last drought? The last time drought was declared was in 2018. Other notable droughts took place in 1975 to 1976, 1989 to 1992, 1995 to 1996, 2004 to 2006 and 2010 to 2012.

  8. 2023–2024 South American drought - Wikipedia

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    European Commission map of drought conditions across South America from February 2023 to January 2024.. The 2023–2024 South American drought refers to an ongoing drought across several states of Brazil in addition to Peru, Bolivia, and Colombia, which has led to several significant impacts including record low water levels, significant water shortages, sweeping crop failures, and widespread ...

  9. On 1st day, UN climate conference sets up fund for countries ...

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    The world just took a big step toward compensating countries hit by deadly floods, heat and droughts. Nearly all nations on Thursday finalized the creation of a fund to help compensate countries ...