Related Words for drought

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rainfall
/x
Noun
rains
/
Noun
waterlogging
/xxx
Noun
flooding
/x
Noun, Verb
monsoon
x/
Noun
famine
/x
Noun
downpour
/x
Noun
aridity
x/xx
Noun
irrigation
xx/x
Noun
wildfires
/xx
Noun
crisis
/x
Noun
driest
/x
Adjective, Noun
downturn
/x
Noun
climate
/x
Noun
calamity
x/xx
Noun
storms
/
Noun
weather
/x
Noun
desiccation
xx/x
Noun
recession
x/x
Noun
starvation
x/x
Noun
climatic
x/x
Adjective
disease
x/
Noun
salinization
xxx/x
Noun
dry spell
//
Phrase, Noun
cold spell
//
Phrase, Noun
rainy day
/x/
Phrase, Noun
wetness
/x
Noun
heat wave
//
Phrase, Noun
cold wave
//
Phrase, Noun
waterworks
/xx
Noun
rain cloud
//
Phrase, Noun
freeze
/
Noun
shower
/x
Noun
raindrop
/x
Noun
cold snap
//
Phrase, Noun
dryas
/x
Name
drizzle
/x
Noun
low water
//x
Phrase, Noun
heat
/
Noun
mud season
//x
Phrase, Noun
flash flood
//
Phrase, Noun
drop
/
Noun
break
/
Noun
winter
/x
Noun
summertime
/xx
Noun
snap
/
Noun
depression
x/x
Noun
cold
/
Noun
rain dance
//
Phrase, Noun
snowfall
/x
Noun
flaw
/
Noun
dusk
/
Noun
ice storm
//
Phrase, Noun
languor
//
Noun
storm cloud
//
Phrase, Noun
days
/
Noun
contraction
x/x
Noun
glacial
/x
Noun
hail
/
Noun
washout
/x
Noun
bout
/
Noun
snowstorm
/x
Noun
flood tide
//
Phrase, Noun
outage
/x
Noun
clime
/
Noun
tempest
/x
Noun
windstorm
/x
Noun
drooping
/x
Verb
sleet
/
Noun
stormy weather
/x/x
Name, Name
natural disaster
/xxx/x
Phrase, Noun
calm
/
Noun
thunderstorm
/xx
Noun
perfect storm
x//
Phrase, Noun
cataract
/xx
Noun
daylight
/x
Noun
springtime
/x
Noun
dwindling
/xx
Noun
harmattan
xx/
Name
interglacial
xx/x
Noun
depths
/
Noun
cyclone
x/
Noun
snowing
/x
Verb
dust
/
Noun
forecast
/x
Noun
chronically
/xxx
Adjective
desertification
/xxx/x
Noun
sahel
xx
Name
overgrazing
/xxx
Noun
locusts
/x
Noun
grasshoppers
/xx
Noun
frost
/
Verb, Noun
pestilence
/xx
Noun
blizzards
/x
Noun
tolerant
/xx
Noun, Adjective
midsummer
//x
Adjective
typhoons
x/
Noun
tolerates
/xx
Verb
scorching
/x
Verb
multiyear
/x/
Adjective
defoliation
xxx/x
Noun
slake
/
Verb
severe
x/
Verb, Adjective
withered
/x
Verb
prolonged
x/
Adjective, Verb
plagues
/
Noun
blight
/
Noun
hydrological
/x/xx
Adjective
calamitous
x/xx
Adjective
stricken
/x
Verb
infestations
xx/x
Noun
inundation
xx/x
Noun
ravaged
/x
Verb
searing
/x
Verb
devastating
/xxx
Adjective
barrenness
/xx
Noun
disasters
x/x
Noun
hurricane
/xx
Noun
decimated
/xxx
Verb
meteorological
xxxx/xx
Adjective
resistant
x/x
Noun
crippling
/xx
Verb
stunted
/x
Verb
salinity
x/xx
Noun
afflicted
x/x
Verb
insolation
/x/x
Noun
catastrophes
x/xx
Noun
arousal
x/x
Noun
bulb
/
Noun, Verb
crash
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
dearth
/
Noun
dehydration
xx/x
Noun
depopulation
xxx/x
Noun
dewatering
xxxx
Noun
draught
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
dryland
/x
Noun
earthquake
/x
Noun, Verb
fallow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
inflation
x/x
Noun
ischemic
x/x
Adjective
land
/
Noun, Verb
peak
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
shortage
/x
Noun
sickness
/x
Noun
slump
/
Noun, Verb
spell
/
Noun, Verb
spill
/
Noun, Verb
sushi
/x
Noun, Verb
thaw
/
Noun, Verb
water
/x
Noun, Verb
waterborne
/xx
Adjective
weevil
/x
Noun
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
pidgin
/x
Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun