Experts predict climate change is making such events even more severe and frequent. Severe drought has dramatically worsened the already desperate situation in Afghanistan forcing thousands of people to flee their homes and live in extreme poverty.
Mstyslav Chernov/AP Show More Show Less 12 of24 Afghan farmer uses donkey to carry water canisters across the dried-out river near Sang-e-Atash, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. Mstyslav Chernov/AP Show More Show Lessġ0 of24 11 of24 Hundreds of Afghan men gather to apply for the humanitarian aid in Qala-e-Naw, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Dec.
Mstyslav Chernov/AP Show More Show Less 9 of24 Badghis Deputy Governor Molwi Mohibullah Asad (in the middle) and other members of Taliban line up for the interview in the governors office in Qala-e-Naw Afghanistan, Saturday, Dec. Mstyslav Chernov/AP Show More Show Less 8 of24 Hundreds of Afghans gather in front of the governors office to requests humanitarian aid, in Qala-e-Naw, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Dec. Mstyslav Chernov/AP Show More Show Less 7 of24 Oil canisters used to carry water stand in the middle of the riverbed of dried-out river, in Sang-e-Atash, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. Mstyslav Chernov/AP Show More Show Lessĥ of24 6 of24 Afghan man fills oil canisters with water near the improvised dam, in Hachka, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. Mstyslav Chernov/AP Show More Show Less 4 of24 Afghan farmers suffering from consequences of the severe drought load food rations on the truck at the distribution point organised by the IFRC, in Sang-e-Atash, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. Mstyslav Chernov/AP Show More Show Less 3 of24 Member of IFRC stands among the food rations to be distributed to farmers, who are suffering from consequences of the drought, in Sang-e-Atash, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. Mstyslav Chernov/AP Show More Show Less 2 of24 Afghan farmers suffering from consequences of the severe drought line up to receive food rations at a distribution point organised by the IFRC, in Sang-e-Atash, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 1 of24 Abdul Haqim surveys his barren field where he used to grow wheat to feed his family of 18 people, in Hachka, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec.
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