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Causes and the Impact of Droughts

Some of the causes include:

 

The impacts of drought can be economic, environmental or social. See some of the more common impacts below:

  • Lowering of the water table
  • Erosion
  • Based on its insidious nature, drought response tend to be late and uncoordinated. That leads to crisis management rather than risk management
  • Rapid depletion of soil water 
  • Loss of biodiversity
  • Over-exploitation such as over-grazing and deforestation can lead to desertification  
  • Disruption to the normal workings of society in terms of quality of life 
  • Starvation in some countries

Source: ODPEM

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