Sentence examples for causing a famine from inspiring English sources

A drought also savaged the maize harvest in Southern Africa, causing a famine.

The group is widely blamed for causing a famine in Somalia by forcing out many Western aid organizations, depriving drought victims of desperately needed food.

Drought and a severe early frost coincided during 1785, sharply reducing harvests and causing a famine so widespread that 1785 became "El Año del Hambre" ("the year of hunger") in Mexican history (18, 23 ).

Western aid officials warned this could cause a famine.

Her distress at her daughter's disappearance was said to have diverted her attention from the harvest and caused a famine.

The resulting food shortages would have caused a famine if the government had not intervened by delivering food (from buffer stocks) and initiating massive employment-relief programs.

His name was Mao Zedong, and his uneducated infatuation with the signs and symbols of modern progress — gigantic projects and economic statistics — caused a famine that dwarfed even the Incredible Famine.

Next Enlil had Adad, the god of rains, hold back the rains and thus cause a famine, but, because of the same stratagem, Adad was embarrassed and released the rains.

But as Mr. Lau speaks, it becomes apparent that this is not an argument for the merits of the Great Leap Forward, which caused a famine that reportedly killed tens of millions, or the Cultural Revolution, when art and religious sites were destroyed.

Entering its 15th year, the guerrilla war is threatening to cause a famine in Bahr el Ghazal, a southern state where aid officials estimate that nearly 350,000 people are at risk of starvation unless they receive thousands of tons of seeds, tools and grain.

And if climate change causes a famine, according to Wirtshafter, all those bountiful pot harvests could be our salvation.