Everyday English Vocabulary Test 30 – Famine And Flood

If a country has no rain for a long time, this dry period is called a famineflooddrowndrought. In countries dependent on their agriculture, this can lead to a period of drownfamineflooddrought, when there is not enough food and people actually survivestarvedropextinct (die of hunger). They die of droughtstarvationdrownstarve. When it rains very heavily and the land is under water, this is called a faminedroughtflooddrown. In this situation people and animals can drownextinctswimstarve. Sometimes trainshelicoptersparachutesballoons have to throwdropstarvefly food supplies to people in areas which are cut offcut incut downcut up.