Drought, generally defined as an absence of water caused by insufficient precipitation over a period of time, is as old as the Bible.
“Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me,” said Jacob as he described his hardships as a shepherd (King James Version, Genesis 31:40).
The condition can be seasonal, such as Chaucer’s “droghte of March,” or abnormal such as Texas’ record drought of 1949 and 1957 as the state received 30% to 50% less rain than normal.
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