Sentence examples for harsh droughts from inspiring English sources

Living through last July, the hottest month experienced by any state ever, does focus the mind on the question of whether industries, farmers, homeowners, commercial enterprises and recreation spots will all have enough water in 2060, when, experts say, harsh droughts are likely to occur more often.

El Niño, the giant patch of unusually warm water, can persist for several years, disrupting fisheries in the eastern Pacific, producing sustained rough weather along the West Coast of the United States and causing harsh droughts in places like Indonesia, which several years ago battled enormous wildfires resulting from El Niño.

He said harsh droughts and wildfires in Russia, one of the world's largest exporters, are thought to have killed a fifth of its wheat crops, pushing global prices higher.

In Australia, for instance, El Niño is associated with harsh droughts.

But since 1996, we've had four years of very harsh drought here in Texas.

The peace efforts are unfolding during a humanitarian crisis, where displacement by war is being made worse by a harsh drought.

And if local farmers are thriving, the head of the county farm bureau conceded that several would have been ruined by the harsh drought of 2012, were it not for federally-backed crop insurance.

Research at Tell Leilan in northern Syria has convinced Dr. Weiss that a long, harsh drought caused the collapse of once-vibrant urban cultures in Mesopotamia and Syria, beginning about 2200 B.C.

And though local farmers are more bullish than 50 years ago, thanks to advances in agricultural science and a recent run of bumper years, federally backed crop insurance still saved several from ruin during 2012's harsh drought, says Ron Marshall of the county farm bureau.Dependence has not made locals love government.

The growing call for financial aid to help the developing countries most threatened by the negative effects of a warming climate — like harsher droughts, floods and disrupted water supplies and agriculture — is expected to be a central issue at the Bali talks.

Melting glaciers, rising seas, increasing wildfires and harsher droughts could severely diminish the value of protected sites, making them unsuitable for a World Heritage designation, the report says.