drought
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He added: "Extreme weather events are becoming more common across Scotland, and we know that communities in the Cairngorms have felt this acutely in recent years, with floods, drought and wildfires."
From BBC
Behind the jump: Extreme weather, including droughts in Brazil and Vietnam, had hit coffee crops.
Faith Parum, an economist at the American Farm Bureau Federation, said the rise in fertilizer and diesel prices follows last year’s tariff-related trade disruption and several years of natural disasters, including droughts and freezes.
From Los Angeles Times
At a time major league owners would like you to believe market size equals destiny, the team with baseball’s longest postseason drought plays in the second-largest market in North America.
From Los Angeles Times
The drought cycles that began decades ago forced Southern Californians onto “water diets” indoors and outdoors.
From Los Angeles Times
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