Sentences with phrase «endures years of drought»
Dozens of fires are raging across California, Oregon and Washington, many triggered by lightening and spreading rapidly through parched forest and vegetation as the West Coast endures years of drought and warmer - than - average winters.
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Almonds require a lot of water to produce, and California has endured a massive drought for the past 10 or so years (we've found some relief thanks to the snowy and rainy winter of 2016 - 2017.).
As her Wisconsin community endures a long season of drought and feels the shockwaves of World War II, fifteen - year - old Cielle endures a more personal calamity: the unexpected death of her father.
Having endured recent years where climate disruption contributed to damaging floods, widespread wildfires, record drought, and Superstorm Sandy, which together cost Americans hundreds of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars, we can't afford to wait any longer to act.
Since California endured five years of drought, much attention has been given to the more than 100 million trees that died in the Sierra Nevada and the wildfire risk they pose.
California endured its driest year in recorded history in 2013 and some have suggested that the current drought plaguing the heart of the state's $ 44 billion agricultural industry may be the worst in 500 years.