drought
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The fierce fires ravaging parts of France and Spain are the result of forests and vegetation becoming more flammable because of drought and a series of record-breaking heatwaves that have hit Western Europe since May.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
The use of garden hoses has been temporarily banned because of drought.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
The blazes are breaking out faster because of drought made more severe by human-fueled climate change, the World Weather Attribution group said in a study published this week.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
The weather pattern often brings drought, depleting the lake that feeds the canal’s system of locks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
But drought meant famine, which would hit the women and children the hardest, so the villagers rejected that choice.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
European droughts are now more severe, climatologists from the World Weather Attribution group said in a study published on Thursday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Heat waves, low rainfall, and droughts contribute to the intensification of these violent fire seasons.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
Particularly severe heatwaves and droughts can hit growth by 0.5 and 1 percentage points, respectively.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
The conditions the UK is experiencing so far this summer mirror the warnings given by climate scientists that human-induced climate change would lead to more frequent and intense heatwaves, as well as potential summer droughts.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Most of those inhabitants depended on ranching, but various droughts made survival almost impossible because of the lack of grazing land for cattle.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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