Submitted by benoit on Tue, 08/07/2012 - 15:22
Number of drought disasters as recorded by EMDAT (1974-2004)

Map of drought repartition were we can see that Africa, India, United states, Australia are the most affected by drought. For example Africa was exposed in some parts to up to nine droughts in the time span, which influenced local people and moreover also the major income like agriculture (e.g., crops don’t get enough water).

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