It rained after it had been dry for many weeks.

Many peasants died during the drought.

A dry spell accounts for the poor crop.

Months of drought, more than one third of the country going hungry

Many trees died during the long drought.

She died of thirst during the drought.

It was a dry year, and many animals starved.

Unelker Maoga shares a personal account of the painful impact of the drought in Kenya.

As we experience the second round of drying up, the future remains uncertain.

The Jews say Bound are the hands of God.

When we were young, the heat only arrived during the dry season.

After many months of drought, it was instead seen by some as a blessing on the ceremony

Following the East Asia crisis of 1997 came seven years of capital drought.

Food could have been transported by rail within British India to save many starving people, but the British believed in a hands off, laissez faire policy.

When monsoons failed, millions of Indians faced imminent death.

Droughts, heat stress and flooding have led to a reduction in crop yields and livestock productivity.

Apabila tidak diambil tindakan, miliaran orang akan menderita dampak berupa kekeringan, gagal panen, dan cuaca ekstrim.

Due to excessive drought, a woman is digging small holes around apricot trees in order to accumulate rainwater.

Droughts afflicted around 60 of US counties, including the breadbasket states of the Midwest and the Great Plains.

We get droughts, increased desertification, crashing food systems, water scarcity, famine, forced migration, political instability, warfare, crisis.

But when the scarcity came when the highs and lows and the droughts came, then people went into starvation.

Kekeringan dan gagal panen akibat perubahan iklim, misalnya, bisa memicu konflik kekerasan.

Although Pakistan is suffering from the worst flood in past century, some of its region are dry and suffer from desertification.

Because of rural impoverishment and a drought earlier this year, dire hunger afflicts millions of people.

More droughts and floods due to global warming will also probably fuel outbreaks of water borne diseases. Paradoxically, droughts can favor water borne diseases including cholera, a cause of severe diarrhea by wiping out supplies of safe drinking water, concentrating contaminants, and preventing good hygiene.

More droughts and floods due to global warming will also probably fuel outbreaks of water borne diseases.

Teresina (45) farms her land during drought in Tharaka Nithi, Kenya, October 2015.

Last year, more than a hundred people were killed in bush fires in Australia, following drought and record breaking heat.

The supply of water is also highly variable across regions and within countries, with floods and droughts occurring at irregular times.

Below is a selection of Sina Weibo comments from a thread on news of the drought in Hubei and Jiangxi provinces

Due to an increasing drought situation and famine spreading throughout her country, it was time to flee to a safer location.

The transborder haze has become an annual problem in Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia because of prolonged drought and forest fires.

Addressing the tragedy, the country's most celebrated poet wrote a now famous poem, describing enduring love as resilience through a drought.

We all stand to suffer significantly from the effects of climate change, including increased droughts, floods, and other extreme weather conditions.

As a result of drought and heat, more than 500 wildfires have raged out of control, smothering Moscow in smoke and threatening several nuclear facilities.

Australia, too, is grappling with serious droughts in the agricultural heartland of the Murray Darling River basin. The Mediterranean Basin, including Southern Europe and North Africa is also likely to experience serious drying as a result of climate change.

Satu kemalangan saja kekeringan, banjir, atau jatuh sakit cukup untuk menjerumuskan mereka lebih dalam ke lubang kemiskinan dan kelaparan.

That is because our new reality is one of droughts, heat waves, extreme storms, rising sea levels, and unstable climate patterns.

The Mediterranean Basin, including Southern Europe and North Africa is also likely to experience serious drying as a result of climate change.

The construction of a dam on part of the lake, accompanied by a recent drought has significantly decreased the annual amount of water Urmia receives.

What better gift can God give gays on their wedding day, than the chance to dance in the rain during a drought.

Severe flooding and intense droughts has led to the destruction of many homes, shelters and villages across Africa.

The consequences are harrowing drought and famine, loss of livelihood, the spread of water borne diseases, forced migrations, and even open conflict.

The supply of water is also highly variable across regions and within countries, with floods and droughts occurring at irregular times.

The droughts and floods caused by climate change will put millions of people on the move, first into crowded and combustible cities, and then across borders.