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The Eastern Cape region of South Africa experienced a severe multi-year drought from 2015 through early 2020. [1] [2] The drought was one of the worst in the region's history and led the South African government to declare the region a "disaster area" in October 2019.
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 ...
[4] [5] The Cape Town water crisis occurred at the same time as the Eastern Cape drought, located in a separate region nearby. The City of Cape Town implemented significant water restrictions in a bid to curb water usage, which reduced its daily water usage by more than half to around 500 million litres (130,000,000 US gal) per day in March ...
East Africa, Kenya and Uganda: 1900–1903: Famine in Cape Verde: Cape Verde: 11,000 – 20,000 [96] 1901 Northern Chinese Famine in Spring 1901, caused by drought from 1898-1901. The famine was one of the causes of the anti-imperialist Boxer rebellion. [116] China (Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces) and Inner Mongolia: 200,000 in Shaanxi province ...
2011 East Africa drought; Eastern Cape drought; 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia; Ethiopiaid; F. Food security in Malawi; H. Horn of Africa drought (2020–2023) K ...
Last summer’s drought across the Northern Hemisphere was made 20 times more likely by climate change, according to an October 2022 study by World Weather Attribution, a group of international ...
A drought is a period of drier-than-normal conditions. [1]: ... and eastern Tasmania from June to ... 2010 China drought and dust storms; Cape Town water crisis in ...
This list may not reflect recent changes. C. 2021 Central Asia drought; E. Eastern Cape drought; N. 2020–2023 North American drought; S. 2018–2021 Southern ...