Word: drought
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...terrible, two-decade drought that plagued the African Sahel until lately also cut down on tropical storms, says Gray. Strong winds that accompanied this prolonged dry spell swept rain clouds away from the Sahel and sheared the tops off storm systems that might eventually have become hurricanes. Now that the drought has eased, these storms are more likely to persist and grow...
...found evidence of the worst drought in the past 7,000 years may help explain the unexplained collapse of the Mayan civilization. Samples of ancient mud from the bottom of a lake in the area where the Mayans lived show signs of the severe drought right around the time the Mayans mysteriously abandoned their cities. Anthropologists believe the new evidence fits the generally accepted theory that a number of factors -- drought, overpopulation, inter-city warfare and environmental collapse -- brought on the society's demise...
...offensive drought that plagued the team since the exam break was forgotten, and the frustration of last weekend's loss to Union evaporated like the steam from the rear of the Zamboni...
Bryan Lonsinger threaded the needle again from the point, and guess what? Pumping fists! Even the bench roared, for the drought had ended--finally...
...estimate, Californians have suffered $32 billion in disaster damages just since 1989. Even in an off year like 1991 -- the Oakland fire storm, a deep freeze, a drought -- the catastrophe tab came to $3 billion. Enter this, the first setback of 1995, into the ledger then, and it looks like a drop in the bucket, the past being prologue...