Sentence examples for calamitous drought from inspiring English sources
Scientists can't yet know to what extent man-made emissions influenced the heat and calamitous drought.
When droughts come, it's calamitous to livestock populations, and in turn, to the welfare of the local pastoral communities.
Though the famine has been caused by drought, it is compounded by Ethiopia's calamitous border war with Eritrea.
He painted a bleak picture of Earth's future, warning that rising levels of carbon dioxide could have calamitous effects, such as increased intensity of hurricanes, more intense droughts, and the drowning of coastal cities.
Prolonged drought and a bark beetle infestation have killed at least 70 million trees, creating a tinderbox for a potential calamitous wildfire.
If the same thing happened with oil or wheat the results would be calamitous.In this section Drought warning The road to self-deception Fright simulator Contact sports Asia's rice bowls Fee high so dumb Exports to Mars ReprintsBut the nature of the rice market means that the consequences may not be as severe.
Droughts may be extended in already dry regions, including parts of the United States, even as wetter areas tend toward calamitous downpours and floods like those ravaging Europe and Asia this summer.
Not calamitous or terminal.
The result was calamitous.
Calamitous is probably better.
