New Vocabulary
  • triggers – causes something to start or happen

  • droughts – a long period of time with no rain and very little water
  • cope with – manage a difficult or stressful situation
  • entire – complete or whole, all of something
  • catastrophic – extremely bad and causing a lot of damage or suffering
  • wiped out – completely destroyed something or removed it entirely
  • sharply – quickly and suddenly by a large amount
  • figure out – think carefully about something to find the answer or solution
  • rapid – very fast or quick
  • tracking – following and recording the progress or movement of something