Cari Meister - Droughts

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Audience: Ages 710 Includes index. ISBN 978-1-62031-224-7 (hardcover: alk. paper) ISBN 978-1-62031-264-3 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-62496-311-7 (ebook) 1. DroughtsJuvenile literature. I. Title.

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Imagine you are in Australia. The ground
is cracked. Plants are dead. 4 CHAPTER 1 Some people wear masks. 4 CHAPTER 1 Some people wear masks.

It keeps the dust
out of their lungs. There are tanks around
houses to collect rainwater. But theres
no water in them. Its a drought! CHAPTER 1

A drought happens when
there is too little rain for too
long a time. Plants die. Rivers
and lakes dry up.

Sometimes
the ground gets very hard.
It cracks open.

Australias Millennium Drought
was one of the worst in history
for the southeast part of the
country. It lasted from 1997
to 2009. Thats years! 6 CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 1 8 CHAPTER 1 Droughts can cause famines ,
floods, and fires. A famine happens
when people cant grow enough
food. People starve to death.

CHAPTER 1

Droughts can cause floods.
When a dry area finally gets
rain, the ground is hard.
The rain does not soak in. Wildfires happen during
droughts. Dead trees catch
fire. If it is windy, the fire
spreads fast. Helicopters fly in to help
stop wildfires. 10 CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 1 Droughts are hard to predict. 12 CHAPTER 2 Hydrologists study past and present
droughts. 12 CHAPTER 2 Hydrologists study past and present
droughts.

What they learn helps them
predict when and where a new drought
will happen. CHAPTER 2

Droughts happen all over the world. But places with a warm climate ,
high winds, and low rainfall are
more likely to experience drought. 14 CHAPTER 2 Most of the areas where drought is common
are in the Southern Hemisphere. = Drought Zones CHAPTER 2 Between 1934 and 1937 there was
a drought in the Great Plains. It was
known as the Dust Bowl.

The wind
picked up the dirt from the fields
and carried it high into the air. 16 CHAPTER 3

Large clouds of dirt blew through the country. They suffocated animals and made it hard
for people to breathe. CHAPTER 3 Ethiopia has a history
of drought. For much of
the 1980s, it did not rain. Crops dried up.

Animals and
people did not get enough
food. About a million