famine

In parts of Africa, Central America, and India, drought is already strangling crop yields and threatening famine.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

The AU mediator estimated some 600,000 people died during the war, which totally cut off Tigray from the outside world and drove the region to the precipice of famine.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

“But as Irish people we know all too well about genocide, forced famine, and violent occupation.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Tens of thousands of emigrants from Ireland, desperate to escape the famine ravaging their home country, landed in 1847 at the Grosse Île quarantine station in what is now the Canadian province of Quebec.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Those who were spared death by disease faced death by famine.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

It asserted that widespread famines and mass starvation would doom huge swaths of mankind because the world’s population was growing too rapidly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

In extreme conditions such as droughts, famines or freezing temperatures, animals activate resilience programs like hibernation instead of investing energy in reproduction.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 23, 2026

“Drawing from our experience with previous famines, we know that widespread deaths have already occurred by the time a famine is officially declared.”

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2024

With powerful statistical models, the researchers analyzed 30,000 years of archaeological records, tracing the impact of wars, famines and climate change.

From New York Times ● May 1, 2024

She was frightened by the BBC famines and television wars that she encountered while she channel surfed.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy