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I all, droughts are A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall; an extended shortage of water; a period of dry weather and are caused by dry weather and extreme evaporation and can cause severe damage to people, their homes, jobs and lives. Places like Texas, California and Florida are very susceptible to droughts, like the drought that happened in WWI. Droughts are measured by their intensity. Some ways to be prepared is to always have an emergency kit with things like a flashlight, battery operated radio, batteries, food supplies, bottled water and a first aid kit. In a drought bottled water, and water in general is very important. So make sure you are prepared if you are in a drought susceptible place.

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A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall; an extended shortage of water; a period of dry weather.

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Droughts have taken their toll during the twentieth century and the early parts of the twenty-first century. Since 1900 droughts have caused the death of more than 11 million people around the world. Another 2 billion have been affected by droughts. One of the well known drought happened during World War I, 1914-1917. Farmers mowed and plowed millions of acres for farmlands. Then a series of rain dried and killed millions of crops. The droughts finally ended in the 1940s. In 2011 in Texas, thousands of square miles were burned by wildfires. Extreme drought conditions started in Texas in 2010.

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Texas is a place susceptible  to extreme weather and droughts. Texas is the most susceptible to droughts, Florida second and California third.
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Floods are not similar because one has too much water that the earth can't hold and the other has no water at all. So the earth cracks  up.
Floods and droughts are similar because they both cause damage to lives. They can also cause shortages of food and drinkable water.

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Droughts are measured by how long the drought is, how much water comes in and goes out.

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Droughts are caused by changes in land and sea surface temperatures, atmospheric circulation patterns and soil moisture content. A change in any one of these factors sets up a cyclical of events that can result in extreme conditions such as a drought.

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Hindiya Roble and her sister, both age 10, wandered the western part of Kenya for more than two weeks with their father and relatives looking for water. Hindiya's mother fled to Somalia with the family's camels to also search for water. The drought in the home of Africa region has broken up countless families

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Some important safety precautions to take during a drought include water conservation and home preparedness. Droughts can create a number of hazards, some of which can even be deadly.

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Drought is hard to detect. It is different from other natural hazards, such as typhoons, hurricanes, and tornadoes. The impacts of droughts can be mitigated through careful planning and management process before or at the onset of the drought.

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Some effects of droughts are
-Farmers may lose money if a drought destroys their crops
-If a farmers water supply is too low, the farmer may have to spend more money on irrigation or to drill new wells
-Ranchers may have to spend more money on food and water for their animals
-Losses or destruction of fish and wildlife habitats
-Health problems related to dust
-Anxiety or depression about economic losses caused by drought
-People may have to move from farm to city, or from one city to another
-Health problems related to low water flows and poor quaity
-loss of wetlands
-more wildfires
-People might have to pay more for food
-Reduced incomes