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How many people in the world die from drought each year?

According to the World Health Organization, it is estimated that droughts contribute to over 5,000 deaths per year globally. However, this number can vary depending on the severity and duration of drought conditions in different regions.


Have people been evacuated from Australia because of the drought?

While there have not been official widespread evacuations due to drought in Australia, residents in some drought-affected regions have been relocated or temporarily moved to access services such as water, healthcare, and schooling. Evacuations may also occur to ensure safety during bushfires that can be exacerbated by drought conditions.


How can human activities affect extreme climate?

It could destroy lands, causing people with nowhere to settle. Or, terrible flooding and such could wipe out people. If it's very bad, the weather might be able to break open a nuclear reactor and radiation could be let out, wiping out millions. If there was a long drought, decaying organisms can release bacteria, causing a plague.


What were the effects of the potato blight in Ireland?

Initially it destroyed the potato crop. This led to hunger and famine and many people dying or leaving Ireland, severely reducing the population, which still has not reached the same levels as they were before the famine began in 1845.


Which natural disaster struck Kenya and other countries along the Horn of Africa in 2005?

In 2005, Kenya and other countries in the Horn of Africa experienced severe drought conditions, which led to a humanitarian crisis. This drought resulted in widespread food and water shortages, affecting millions of people and livestock. The situation was exacerbated by the El Niño phenomenon, which caused erratic weather patterns in the region. The combination of these factors highlighted the vulnerability of the Horn of Africa to climate-related disasters.

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What are the problems that people have to face during drought in Ethiopia?

loss of rainfall=no crops because they dont get water=starvation=death :D


What would happen if all farming were made organic?

Millions of people, now on the edge of starvation, would die.


Hw many people were killed there and how did they die?

In total of 14+ millions, Mainly from gassing, shootings, starvation, diseases and beatings


Is it true that people can starve to death or does some disease cause the death?

Yes- a person can starve to death (millions of people die of starvation every year) Disease also causes millions of deaths each year...


Which of the following best describes how Ukraine was affected by Joseph Stalin's collectivization of agriculture?

growth of kulaks? ^^^WHOEVER SAID THAT WAS WRONG I KNOW BC IM TAKING E2020 ITS INCREASED CONTROL FOR STALIN


Who are 3 people that are Muslims?

The question is not clear. There are millions and millions of Muslims through out the world.


How many people starved at Auschwitz?

Just under a hundred thousand died in the Warsaw ghetto, but mainly from ilness or disease complicated by starvation, rather than just starvation.


Can you have someone committed for starvation?

Yes. People can be commited for starvation / anorexia.


What did people go through in comcentration camps?

Humiliation, torture, death, starvation, slave labor, family separation.


When did Arab aericans come to the US?

Most of them came because they were seeking opportunity and some came to escape the drought and plant disease, which had led to famine and starvation. The people in the second wave came to get away from the Arab-Israel conflicts.


Should GMOs be considered Frankenstein foods or are people and nations simply not moving on with the advancing times?

Genetic modification of food and animals has been happening for centuries. Thanks to modern technology it is now a more exact science and millions of people would die were it not for these modifications. People who wish to ban such foods are condemning those millions to starvation and death.


What is a famine?

A famine is an extreme shortage of food, caused by drought, crop failure, disaster, or overpopulation. Famines are often characterized by starvation, and by emigration or exodus (leaving the affected area) to find food.