serious drought

collocation in English

meaningsofseriousanddrought

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serious
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us
/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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drought
noun[C or U]
uk
/draʊt/us
/draʊt/
a long period when there is little or ...
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(Definition ofseriousanddroughtfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But the situation abruptly changes after 1992, when stocking rates are rather high and aseriousdroughthits the area.
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In addition, there was aseriousdroughtin 1973.
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There was of course the veryseriousdroughtfrom 1972 to 1974, after which the rainfall picked up.
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Before that, last summer, there was aseriousdroughtin this country.
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It seems almost inconceivable to remember that the summer of 1976 brought about what was probably the mostseriousdroughtthis century.
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A veryseriousdroughtis impending in a great many areas which are without piped supplies.
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But, even so, they are feeling the veryseriousdrought.
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As in 1934, the country is suffering from aseriousdrought, which has caused acute crisis and suffering in many areas, and, as in 1934, legislation has become very urgent.
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Heavy rainfall caused flooding on streams and rivers, and in some areas the precipitation helped to end aseriousdrought.
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That year, there was aseriousdroughtin the region.
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Nowadays, however, this area is facingseriousdroughtand thus mainly cotton and maize are harvested.
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In the eighth year of his regime, there was a veryseriousdrought.
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The city's population is rising by about 50,000 every year, and water restrictions were imposed late in 2003; aseriousdroughtwould complicate matters.
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There were also frustrations due to the failure of the government to provide disaster relief in response to aseriousdroughtwhich was followed by floods.
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Recent floods and serious droughts have exacerbated the problem of a systemic failure of the state-run agriculture to feed its people.
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I also found in several years that serious droughts made attempts at coffee production on an economic scale quite impossible.
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As we know, serious droughts are fortunately rare in this country.
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I hope that we can consider possible ways of closing off rivers when there are serious droughts.
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Serious droughts occur once or twice a decade.
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Serious droughts occur about once every eight years, especially in the rice-producing southwestern part of the country.
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