Together with floods, long periods of drought lead to significant economic losses in agriculture, transport, energy, water management, health and activity of households. (mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de)
Background colors represent periods of drought (white), variable to dry conditions (grey), variable to wet conditions (light blue) and wet conditions (blue). (ucsusa.org)
Several surveys have suggested that highly diverse plant communities are more resistant than species - poor ones, changing less from their normal state during periods of drought — and recovering more rapidly afterwards. (sciencedaily.com)