Sentences with phrase «severe insect outbreaks»

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The significant increase in the insect - borne diseases was due in part to the outbreak of Zika, the mosquito - borne disease that can cause severe birth defects.

Although current drought worries have been focused in the West — Western states have experienced insect outbreaks; mass tree die - offs; loss of water and carbon; bigger and more costly wildfires; and economic impacts to timber stands due to severe, multiyear drought — in the wake of a changing climate, the report notes that «all U.S. forests are vulnerable to drought.»