Consequences of Drought

Let us discuss the Consequences of Drought as mentioned below.

• The drought can cause the short term and long term health issues. The short term droughts create massive illnesses and diseases in humans. On the other hand, long term droughts may cause water shortages and death.
• Drought can change the human lifestyle like hygiene, sanitation, and daily life.
• Drought stress can kill so many plants and reduce the chances of farming.
• Economically drought can kill humans. In this situation, agriculture, food production, and related activities will stop which can lead to economic losses.
• Due to the drought and water shortages, energy production will stop which can pause the whole system.

Droughts are a subpart of the Class 11 Geography Chapter Natural Hazards and Disasters: Causes, Consequences, and Management. This subpart describes the Droughts and the different factors related to it. Drought is a natural hazard that happens due to the lack of precipitation for a long time or the water shortage. Droughts can happen due to the lack of snow, changes in the wind patterns, or the loss of enough moisture.

In this article, we are going to discuss the drought and its consequences in detail.