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Exam Day: Aug 14
Part 7
Word-of-the-Day:
Drought
Pronunciation
/draUt/
Drought is used both as countable and uncountable nouns.
Meaning
A long period when there is no rain and people do not have enough water
Usage
A severe drought ruined the crops.
(Source: CLD- 2nd Edition)
Today’s Reading
The most extensive drought in five decades intensified this week across the US midwest and plains states that produce most of the county’s corn, soybeans and livestock.
Almost 30% of the nine-state midwest was suffering extreme drought, nearly triple from the previous week, according to the US drought monitor for the week ending 24 July.
Conditions in the midwest, which produces roughly three quarters of the corn and soybean crops in the world’s largest producer and exporter, worsened despite the first measurable rainfall in a month in some areas.
More than 53% of the United States and Puerto Rico are in moderate drought or worse, a record-large amount for the fourth straight week in the drought monitor’s 12-year history. (The Guardian)
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