... With no crops for food, people have to go get food from somewhere else, otherwise they would starve and die. Moreover, in poorer countries like Africa, drought brings disease, famine, and deaths. Famine often comes about when there is a long period of drought. It happens when a large number of people do not have enough to eat, since the hot sun kills the crops and dries up the water supplies. Animals that are kept for meat and milk die from starvation. The little amount of water that is available is usually very full of germs, and dirty. Moreover, when people are poor, they fight each other or attack the government. This often results in political instability or even war. Types of drought There are many types of drought. * Permanent drought occurs in dry desert regions. There is hardly any rainfall, therefore deserts have drought all the time. However, desert people ...

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