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Synonyms and antonyms of the word: droughts

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Aat recommended providing soft loans or financial assistance to individual farmers or farmer groups to build reservoirs and prepare for future droughts.

Source: https://www.pattayamail.com/thailandnews/thai-farmers-still-suffer-losses-despite-government-support-436980

About half (49%) of Zambians say droughts have become more severe in their region over the past decade, a proportion that has almost doubled since 2017.

Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202306010020.html

Affecting more than 36 million people so far, it is one of the longest and most brutal droughts in recent history.

Source: https://www.africanews.it/english/historic-drought-in-the-horn-of-africa-women-and-girls-fleeing-one-crisis-for-another/

After all, these are low-lying nations vulnerable to rising tides and droughts.

Source: https://www.dailycamera.com/2023/06/07/guest-opinion-ken-silverstein-the-embattled-carbon-credit-market-sets-out-to-reinvent-itself/

And if any of them are able to maintain their composure on such a big stage, it would be a memorable moment, ending some lengthy droughts.

Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/sport/sa-players-historic-victory-pga-championship/

“As regional climates change and both droughts and floods become bigger problems, more people will struggle to find a safe place to settle.

Source: https://www.greenprophet.com/2023/12/solve-the-migrant-crisis-in-europe-help-africa-with-drought/

Australia faces a high risk bushfire season as it experiences an El Nino weather event, recently announced, which is typically associated with extreme events like wildfires, cyclones and droughts.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/australia-swelters-through-%27scorching%27-heat-lifting-bushfire-risk

Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, is inviting Weddin residents to take part in a survey that will be used to formulate strategies to improve the community's preparedness and resilience to future droughts and other extreme weather events.

Source: https://www.grenfellrecord.com.au/story/8323121/resilience-focus-of-partnership-between-csiro-and-weddin-shire-council/?src=rss

But it’s an idea worth considering with recent droughts threatening drinking water supplies even in the traditionally wettest part of the state.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/12/15/from-flush-to-faucet-more-places-look-to-turn-sewage-into-tap-water/

California’s persistent droughts are driven by reduced snowpack, decreased precipitation, and rising temperatures that cause increased evaporation, making California particularly vulnerable to changing climatic conditions.

Source: https://centralrecorder.com/environmental-problems-of-california-causes-consequences-and-possible-solutions/

Chile has been among the worst affected countries with fires at the beginning of the year and now extended droughts.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/06/winter-heatwave-andes-sign-things-come-scientists-warn

Climate Catastrophe bears down, causing droughts, floods, fires, and typhoons.

Source: https://press-herald.com/staying-alive-in-a-country-of-death/

Climate change has been more closely linked with hurricanes, heat waves and droughts, but there is some reason to believe climate change may reduce the incidence of tornadoes.

Source: https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2023/are-tornadoes-becoming-more-common/

Climate change is a hard to ignore factor in extremes, from deadly heat to droughts and flooding, Smith and other officials said.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/us/noaa-ian-drought-supercharged-us-weather-extremes-in-2022/article_78c05680-8ded-54bc-9b7b-856741a246f0.html

Climate scientists don’t relish saying, ‘I told you so,’ but they’ve been warning for years that each seemingly incremental rise in global average temperatures would translate into severe heat waves, droughts, floods and stronger hurricanes.

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/08/04/the-system-is-working-the-latest-trump-indictments-and-continuing-existential-threats/

Compounded by fertilizer pricing, droughts, supply-chain disruption, fuel costs, food costs, shipping costs, we now have 349 million people marching to starvation.

Source: https://time.com/6246278/david-beasley-global-hunger-interview/

Drawing attention to the global climate crisis, Yumaklı noted a five-fold increase in the number of natural disasters such as floods, storms, and droughts over the past 50 years.

Source: https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/national-water-council-plans-to-tackle-water-crisis-189046

Earlier, Andrea Belotti and Charles De Ketelaere both ended long scoring droughts as Roma were held 2-2 by Salernitana and Atalanta ran out 2-0 winners at Sassuolo.

Source: https://newsday.com.ng/juventus-ease-to-win-at-lecce-andrea-belotti-and-charles-de-ketelaere-end-droughts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=juventus-ease-to-win-at-lecce-andrea-belotti-and-charles-de-ketelaere-end-droughts

Experts say climate change driven by human activity is boosting the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, droughts and wildfires.

Source: https://www.euronews.com/2023/05/05/residents-in-southern-spain-face-drinking-water-shortage-amid-persistant-drought

Food prices have fallen for 11 straight months, but food was already expensive before the war because of droughts from the Americas to the Middle East — most devastating in the Horn of Africa, with thousands dying in Somalia.

Source: https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/mar/18/russia-ukraine-extend-grain-deal-to-aid-worlds-poor/