Sentence examples similar to a population facing severe reduction from inspiring English sources

CORRECTION: A previous version of this article misstated that 70percentt of the world population faces severe water scarcity for at least one month out of the year.

Consider the scenario where a population faces an environmental change sufficiently severe that the population will decline and face extinction unless it responds.

Half a million of #Yemen's children are at risk of dying during 2012.. 22% of the population are facing severe hunger #YemenFoodCrisis — نون عربية (@NoonArabia) May 9, 2012 Where are #Yemen #Friends when you need them?

Across the country, nearly half of the Somali population – 3.7 million people – are now facing severe food shortages, of whom an estimated 2.8 million people are in the south.

According to the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, 47 percent of the world's population will face severe water shortages by 2030.

Northern China has been facing severe water scarcity as a result of vigorous economic growth, population expansion and changing lifestyles.

Belvedere Vodka is facing severe backlash over a questionable ad.

There is a persistent belief that, because human populations have faced severe conditions in the past, we today will be just fine.

Christians do face persecution in Iraq and Syria – large numbers of Christians have fled both countries – but Muslims, particularly ethnic or sectarian minorities, also face severe persecution and are a much larger population.

Those who stayed in their homes face severe repression in a police state which maintains an armed force over 100,000 strong for a population of just 500,000.

Despite a strong mandate, Sharif's government faced severe problems.