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The 2018–2021 Southern Africa drought was a period of drought that took place in Southern Africa. The drought began in late October 2018, and negatively affected food security in the region. In mid-August 2019, the drought was classified as a level 2 Red-Class event by the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System . [ 1 ]
Megadroughts have historically led to the mass migration of humans away from drought affected lands, resulting in a significant population decline from pre-drought levels. . They are suspected of playing a primary role in the collapse of several pre-industrial civilizations, including the Ancestral Puebloans of the North American Southwest, [6] the Khmer Empire of Cambodia, [7] the Maya of ...
1934–35 North American drought; 1950s Texas drought; 1983–1985 North American drought; 1988–1990 North American drought; 2002 North American drought; 2006–2008 Southeastern United States drought; 2010–2013 Southern United States and Mexico drought. 2012–2013 North American drought; 2011–2017 California drought; 2012–2013 North ...
As the water recedes, Canyon Lake is giving up lesser-known secrets, including a stunning cave carved beneath a rocky shelf of rock, photos show. Canyon Lake is roughly 62% full, according to ...
Since 2000, high evaporative demand alone can now trigger drought conditions in 66% of the historically drought-prone regions, even without decreased rainfall. Before 2000, this was true for only ...
The drought caused $60 billion in damage ($155 billion 2024 USD) in United States dollars, adjusting for inflation. The drought occasioned some of the worst blowing-dust events since 1977 or the 1930s in many locations in the Midwestern United States, including a protracted dust storm, which closed schools in South Dakota in late February 1988 ...
The 2020–2023 Horn of Africa drought is a drought that hit the countries of Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya. The rainy season of 2022 was recorded to be the driest in over 40 years, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] with an estimated 43,000 in Somalia dying in 2022.
Mexican authorities said they recovered a total of 31 bodies from pits in a southeastern state plagued by cartel violence since they began excavating the improvised graves at the weekend.