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 A Drought  A drought is when it doesn't rain enough for a long time. A drought is considered a natural disasters like hurricanes,floods and earthquakes. Other natural disasters happen suddenly but a drought builds up slowly.

Where do d roughts h appen? Drought happens in hot and dry areas where a little rain evaporates quickly and the soil dry completely. Africa and Asia and Australia are the continents most affected by droughts. Droughts usually happen in the summer when it’s hot and dry. Some droughts can go on for many years like the African drought that lasted from 1968 to 1972. Droughts happen when winds change direction.

 Effects of d roughts Humans,animals and plants need water to survive. When there is a drought many problems arise.

Humans do not have water to drink, cook, wash and everything that needs water. All living things must have water and food to survive and if they don't they will die Drought can bring:
 * disease because people and animals are drinking dirty water
 * wildfires because everything is so dry and there is no water to put them out
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