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SERIOUS DROUGHTS

Added on: 26th Oct 2016

 

THE 2010 CHINA DROUGHT

Drought in China

The 2010 China drought was a series of severe Spring

droughts that affected a huge swath of the country as

well as parts of Southeast Asia, including Vietnam and

Thailand. The drought has been referred to as one of

the worst droughts in Southwest Asia.

 

 

THE 17TH-CENTURY SAHEL DROUGHTS

The 17th-century Sahel Droughts

The Sahel droughts were a series of some of the most

extreme droughts in recorded history, beginning in at

least the seventeenth century and affecting the Sahel

region, a climate zone sandwiched between the African

savannah to the south and the Sahara Desert to the

north, across West and Central Africa. The famine that

followed the severe droughts killed thousands of people

and affected the lives of millions for many decades.

 

 

THE 2015 BRAZILIAN DROUGHT

The 2015 Brazilian Drought

The 2015 Brazilian drought is an ongoing drought affecting

the southeast of Brazil including the metropolitan areas

of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. It has been described

as the worst drought in 80 years. The city of São Paulo

appears to be affected the most and by the beginning of

February many of its residents were subjected to

sporadic water cut-offs.

 

 

THE 1902 FEDERATION DROUGHT

The 1902 Federation Drought

During the severe, Australia-wide 1902 Federation Drought, the

total sheep population dropped to fewer than fifty-four

million from more than one hundred million sheep in 1891.

Also, cattle numbers fell by more than forty percent.

It was around 1925 before the sheep numbers

reached the hundred million mark again.

 

 

THE 2002 NORTH AMERICAN DROUGHT

The 2002 North American Drought

The drought of 2002 was moderately widespread and

quite severe in some areas, specifically in the western

United States, the Midwest and the Mountain States.

Denver was forced to impose water restrictions for

the first time in more than twenty years and the

wildfire season was one of the most violent in

recent history.

 

 

THE 2002 MALAWIAN DROUGHT

The 2002 Malawian Drought

In 2002 there was a famine in Malawi that took about three

thousand lives. One of the major factors of this extreme

famine was a drought that occurred in the country

during the same period.

 

 

THE 2011 EAST AFRICA DROUGHT

The 2011 East Africa Drought

Between July 2011 and mid 2012, a severe drought affected

the entirety of East Africa. The drought caused a severe

food crisis across Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya

that threatened the lives of more than ten million people.

 

 

THE GREAT CHINESE FAMINE

The Great Chinese Famine

The Great Chinese Famine that lasted nearly three years,

from 1958 to 1961, occurred for a number of reasons

including extreme droughts. It is estimated that over

fifteen million people died during these years, while

other accounts insist that nearly forty three million

lost their lives in what is considered the worst

in recorded history.

 


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