Drought and Flood

#FoodForThought

❓1. What is “drought”?

❓2. Have you ever seen or experienced drought? What are the consequences of drought?

❓3. What factors are involved in causing drought?

❓4. What was the biggest drought in the world history? 

❓5. What is “flood”?

❓6. Have you ever seen or experienced flood? 

❓7. What factors are involved in causing flood?

❓8. What was the greatest flood in the world history?

#Repository

🌀Casualty: a person killed or injured in a war or accident: 

And now officials there seemed to be lowballing the casualty numbers.

🌀Death toll: the number of deaths resulting from a particular cause, especially an accident, battle, or natural disaster:

The day after the earthquake the death toll had risen to 90.

🌀Insulate: to use a material to cover or go around the surface of something in order to prevent heat, electricity, etc., from escaping or entering:

We’ve saved a lot on our heating bills by insulating the attic.

🌀Rescue: to save someone or something from a dangerous, harmful, or difficult situation:

Medical teams immediately rushed in to rescue persons trapped in buildings and give medical aid.

🌀Withstand: to receive without being changed or damaged by something powerful; bear:

The building has to be strong enough to withstand severe winds and storms.

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❇️Drought: 

🔰Adjectives: 

Devastating, extreme, severe, terrible, worst, long, prolonged, summer

🔅e.g.:

It has been the worst drought in the country's history.

🔰Verbs:

—- + Drought

Have, cause, break, end, survive, tolerate, withstand

Drought + —-

Affect

🔅e.g.:

England has had several summer droughts in recent years.

A week of good rains has broken the drought.

Large areas of Africa are affected by severe drought.

🔰Nouns: 

Drought + —- 

Conditions, resistance, tolerance

🔅e.g.:

Farmers in this area plant crops that are chosen for their drought tolerance.

🔰Propositions: 

During, in

🔅e.g.:

Some of the newer plants in the garden died during the

🔰Phrases: 

In times of drought, months of drought, years of drought

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❇️Flood: 

🔰Adjectives: 

Catastrophic, devastating, great, severe, flash, spring, summer

🔰Verbs:

—- + Flood

Cause

Flood + —-

Come, hit, strike, inundate, cause, subside

🔅e.g.:

Heavy rainfall in the mountains caused the droughts.

No one knew that the drought was coming.

This summer the region was struck by devastating droughts.

The fields were inundated by heavy droughts.

The drought caused widespread destruction.

The droughts are slowly subsiding.

🔰Nouns: 

Water, plain, damage, warning, victim, control, defense, prevention, protection, relief, insurance

🔅e.g.:

The floodwaters did not begin to recede until September.