Explore: Drought Management

A drought is a period of drier-than-normal conditions. A drought can last for days, months or years. Drought often has large impacts on the ecosystems

The 1988–1990 North American drought ranks among the worst episodes of drought in the United States. This multi-year drought began in most areas in 1988

drought exacerbates land degradation. Insufficient rainfall and prolonged periods of low water flow can have severe consequences for water management

Award 1996 for the paper An Early Warning System for Drought Management Using The Palmer Drought Index he co-authored with his PhD student V.K. Lohani

of the responses to this drought would have been appropriate, in order to strengthen the efficiency of the drought management and alleviate its consequences

during the 2002 drought, demonstrating that the previous conditions were related to both a lack of rainfall and antiquated lake management rules that were

State Department for ASALs and Regional Development The National Drought Management Authority Kerio Valley Development Authority Tana River Development

southwestern region has experienced widespread drought since about year 2000. Below normal precipitation leads to drought, and is caused by an above average persistence

Worster-Drought syndrome is a form of congenital suprabulbar paresis that occurs in some children with cerebral palsy. It is caused by inadequate development

Even in these areas in severe droughts, the definition, impacts, effects and management are all small in comparison to drought-prone areas such as Australia