Droughts, cyclones, hurricanes, flooding Flashcards
1
Q
Impacts of a drought on an area or country you have studied.
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East Africa
July 2011
Covers Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Sudan
Deaths: 50,000 and 100,000 people
Crop failures + livestock deaths –> rising food prices + famine
920,000 refugees forced to leave Somalia
Diseases: Increase measles + malaria outbreaks refugee camps
due to people living outside and in tents
increase in sexual violence committed against refugees –> risk of contracting HIV
