Question

Write a not on Impact of Drought.

Answer 1

Drought is a continuous period of dry weather, when an area gets less than its normal amount of rain, over months or even years. Crops and other plants need water to grow, andanimals need it to live. Droughts can become dangerous to people and other land animals; causing famine and even creating deserts.

A drought is a natural event, caused by other weatherevents like El Niño and high-pressure systems. Drought can also be triggered by deforestation (people cutting downforests), by global warming, and by diverting rivers or emptying lakes.

Drought is a natural disaster which usually takes place slowly. It is often difficult to decide when a drought started and sometimes when it ends too. Its effects often build up slowly over a long period of time and may last from months to years after rain resumes.

Many people die every year in famines due to drought insubsistence farming areas. Conflicts can result from drought conditions.[1]

Answer 2

Impact of Drought:

• It can be categorized into economic, social and environmental.
• It affects livestock thereby affecting business that depends on farming like those companies making food fishing and farming equipment. It hits a direct effect on a business that runs on generating hydroelectric power. Farmers lose money.
• It brings damage to wildlife habitats thereby migration of wildlife. It affects flora and fauna resulting in widespread disease and stress on endangered species. It lessens the level of water in the reservoirs lakes and ponds thereby causing scarcity of food and drinking water for wildlife.  
• It creates a widespread panic of anxiety, depression due to economic loss. It gives rise to health problems due to poor water quality. It creates a threat to public safety following increased in range fires.