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Drought (Hazards (subsidence as groundwater levels dropped causing land to…

- - - - Impacts on natural wildlife e.g. rivers too low for salmon to breed in
      - Wildfires cause environmental damage, air pollution and wildlife and habitat destruciton
      - The earth was shrinking due to depleted groundwater
    - - Wildfires cause damage to people and property
      - 1000s of acres taken away from food production; loss of food and income
      - Subsidence damages infrastructure and buildings
      - It cost money to fix stuff so less for services
      - People lose farming jobs
      - Fruit and vegetal prices will rise because of the problems caused to farming
  - - - Ran campaigns like Save our Water
      - Made state laws cutting water use
      - Governor declared state of emergency
      - The government gave money from federal funds
    - - University of California doing research of managing groundwater
      - Restaurants can't give water unless customers ask
      - NASA developing advanced forecast models to help with the water shortage
    - - Farmers encouraged to use water-efficient irrigation like drip irrigation
      - Homeowners encouraged to check for water leaks
      - Protesters campaigning against companies selling local bottled water
- - - - One in three people were at risk of malnutrition
      - Hundreds of thousands of Namibians were severely or moderately food insecure
      - Harvest yield was far less than 2012, so food shortages
      - People left their homes to search for water because there was none in the villages
      - (Malnutrition causes disease etc. just make up stuff)
    - - Large areas of Namibia are changing from savannah grasslands to desert due to lack of rainfall. Only drought-resistant plants can grow, but livestock can't graze on them
      - (Make up stuff like livestock migrate etc.)
  - - - Algeria donated $1 million in food aid
      - President declared a state of emergency and asked money from the US to avert a crisis
      - Pledged millions in relief for the most affected households
    - - Oxfam and UNICEF helping people to get water supplies
      - The Lutheran Church helped by providing basic food, a safe environment and clean water
      - International Red Cross and Red Crescent asked for $1.5 mil from the US
    - - Farmers forced to sell their livestock
      - People migrated to towns for work
      - People leaving villages for water