In around five years' time, many countries will experience disastrous droughts that will affect crop production and livestock farming, leading to food and water shortages.
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In 2019, Australia, Chile, France, India, Malaysia, Spain, as well as many other countries across Europe and Africa, witnessed extreme drought which affected water availability and failure of crops.
- 10 June 2019: Drought in Africa leaves 45 million in need across 14 countries
- 9 July 2019: Junio de 2019, seco y con nuevos récords de temperatura como consecuencia de la ola de calor
- 24 July 2019: Paris Scorches in Historic Drought as Heatwave Fries Europe
- 25 July 2019: Xavier: Longer droughts expected, Malaysia’s water industry in dire straits
- 25 July 2019: Drought Reveals Lost “Spanish Stonehenge”
- 27 July 2019: Inside India’s water crisis: Living with drought and dry taps
- 1 August 2019: Worst Thai Drought in a Decade Adds Pressure for a Rate Cut
- 22 August 2019: Europe Drought Situation: June-July 2019 – DG ECHO Daily Map
- 24 August 2019: Worst drought in decades hits Chile capital and outskirts
- 13 September 2019: ‘I don’t know how we come back from this’: Australia’s big dry sucks life from once-proud towns