Drought is a fairly frequent visitor to some parts of our planet

Such disasters followed by a great famine. When the drought continued for several years, the death decimated entire peoples. Many countries have turned into a desolate desert. In the past century, drought was a calamity that people were more afraid than floods, hurricanes or earthquakes. Nowadays, in some countries, drought years ending human plague. Remains particularly affected by them, the people of individual countries in Africa and Asia. In the years 1972-1974 drought occurred in countries in the southern border of the Sahara desert. In Sinegale, Niger, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Upper Volta from hunger and thirst for killing hundreds of thousands of people. Fell more than a million head of cattle. Less than a decade in these countries again visited by an old guest. In prisaharskih countries have not dropped a single drop of rain. Went the water from many wells have dried up springs, shallow and become salty lake. In the early 80's visited by a drought in East Africa. All the way from Djibouti and Ethiopia to Uganda and Sudan earth cracked from the heat and turned white. "This human tragedy is staggering - written in 1980, the newspaper .- Even scary to think how many people die ... The fates of individuals one is not touched. Starvation threatens everyone. Such a tragedy in the year struck 25 African countries. Today, in many countries, the dependence of people and their economic activity from the vagaries of the weather is similar to what it was before.