Sentence examples for deadly drought from inspiring English sources

Al-Shabaab drew further international condemnation for first banning and then restricting assistance from international aid groups in southern Somalia during a deadly drought and famine in 2011.

A deadly drought in much of East Africa and irregular rains in West Africa have left tens of millions without enough to eat.

The deadly drought has killed thousands of goats, cows and other precious livestock.

Deadly droughts, flash floods and falling water tables are recurring themes in conversations across the continent.

Last week, President Obama flew here to swim with Hawaiian monk seals and draw attention to a quieter war — one he has waged against rising seas, freakish storms, deadly droughts and other symptoms of a planet choking on its own fumes.

With a single degree Celsius of warming so far, the Earth is already coping with a crescendo of climate impacts including deadly droughts, erratic rainfall, and storm surges engorged by rising seas.

In addition, millions of people around the world are dependent on water from glaciers or live in their shadows, making an accurate assessment of their fate important to prepare for the possibility of deadly droughts or floods as the ice melts.

Americans tend to think of water shortages, lack of access to safe drinking water and deadly droughts as problems that occur elsewhere in the world.

With South Sudan prone to deadly droughts and floods, hunger has long been a major threat here, but since the civil war reignited in July, conflict has pushed the young country toward famine and destabilized once-stable regions.

Amid growing alarm at the gathering pace of climate change and its impacts – rising seas, deadly storms, drought and wildfires – the world's nations have moved quickly over the last year to tackle the still-growing problem.

By Kun Li NAIROBI, Kenya, 5 July 2011 – More than 10 million people across the Horn of Africa are in dire need of humanitarian assistance due to a deadly combination of drought, escalating food prices and armed conflict.