Assertion list
drought (primary) → CapableOf
Results from Ascent++: 238
drought → CapableOf → become more frequent 0.59
drought → CapableOf → become less frequent 0.57
drought → CapableOf → worsen hunger 0.57
drought → CapableOf → wreak havoc 0.55
drought → CapableOf → hurt farmer 0.54
drought → CapableOf → become more severe 0.53
drought → CapableOf → be a fact of life 0.52
drought → CapableOf → occur in area 0.52
drought → CapableOf → pose threat 0.51
drought → CapableOf → last for year 0.50
drought → CapableOf → intensify in 21st century 0.50
drought → CapableOf → become intense 0.50
drought → CapableOf → increase in severity 0.50
drought → CapableOf → increase in frequency 0.49
drought → CapableOf → kill tree 0.48
drought → CapableOf → affect water supplies 0.46
drought → CapableOf → become severe 0.46
drought → CapableOf → become shorter 0.45
drought → CapableOf → intensify in area 0.45
drought → CapableOf → go on for year 0.44
drought → CapableOf → damage crop 0.43
drought → CapableOf → occur in 1930 0.43
drought → CapableOf → affect agriculture 0.42
drought → CapableOf → last for month 0.42
drought → CapableOf → force people 0.41
drought → CapableOf → devastate crop 0.40
drought → CapableOf → affect crop 0.40
drought → CapableOf → reduce quality 0.39
drought → CapableOf → affect public health 0.39
drought → CapableOf → last for decade 0.39
drought → CapableOf → kill livestock 0.39
drought → CapableOf → occurred in the past 0.38
drought → CapableOf → occur in winter 0.38
drought → CapableOf → stress plant 0.37
drought → CapableOf → raise concern 0.37
drought → CapableOf → become frequent 0.37
drought → CapableOf → affect plant growth 0.36
drought → CapableOf → intensify in central europe 0.36
drought → CapableOf → affect the country 0.36
drought → CapableOf → affect wildlife 0.36
drought → CapableOf → hit the region 0.36
drought → CapableOf → reduce yield 0.36
drought → CapableOf → cost 2.2 billion 0.35
drought → CapableOf → hit the state 0.35
drought → CapableOf → intensify in central north amer… 0.35
drought → CapableOf → occur with intensity 0.35
drought → CapableOf → affect india 0.34
drought → CapableOf → hit somalia 0.34
drought → CapableOf → change the way 0.34
drought → CapableOf → dry the topsoil 0.34
drought → CapableOf → occur at any time 0.34
drought → CapableOf → occur in 2002 0.34
drought → CapableOf → reduce growth 0.34
drought → CapableOf → affect agricultural production 0.33
drought → CapableOf → destroy crop 0.33
drought → CapableOf → affect the environment 0.33
drought → CapableOf → last decade 0.32
drought → CapableOf → occur in cycle 0.32
drought → CapableOf → occur in virtually all climates 0.32
drought → CapableOf → vary in severity 0.32
drought → CapableOf → affect yield 0.32
drought → CapableOf → affect community 0.31
drought → CapableOf → affect everyone 0.31
drought → CapableOf → affect water levels 0.31
drought → CapableOf → begin in 2011 0.31
drought → CapableOf → contribute to conflict 0.31
drought → CapableOf → increase in the future 0.31
drought → CapableOf → affect food production 0.30
drought → CapableOf → bring famine 0.30
drought → CapableOf → increase food prices 0.30
drought → CapableOf → occur in california 0.30
drought → CapableOf → push farmer 0.30
drought → CapableOf → begin in 1998 0.30
drought → CapableOf → begin in october 0.30
drought → CapableOf → come in three waves 0.30
drought → CapableOf → intensify in southern africa 0.30
drought → CapableOf → intensify in the mediterranean … 0.30
drought → CapableOf → affect price 0.30
drought → CapableOf → affect the economy 0.30
drought → CapableOf → begin in 2012 0.30
drought → CapableOf → cause forest fires 0.30
drought → CapableOf → hit kenya 0.30
drought → CapableOf → raise price 0.30
drought → CapableOf → show sign 0.30
drought → CapableOf → strike the region 0.30
drought → CapableOf → wither crop 0.30
drought → CapableOf → begin in 1492 0.29
drought → CapableOf → impacted the marathwada and vid… 0.29
drought → CapableOf → occur in 2005 0.29
drought → CapableOf → begin in late 2010 0.29
drought → CapableOf → begin in november 0.29
drought → CapableOf → disrupt agricultural productivi… 0.29
drought → CapableOf → kill plant 0.29
drought → CapableOf → ravage crop 0.29
drought → CapableOf → reduce the water 0.29
drought → CapableOf → threaten food security 0.29
drought → CapableOf → occur in same year 0.28
drought → CapableOf → affected all of the sites 0.28
drought → CapableOf → change rainfall patterns 0.28
drought → CapableOf → chronologize the artist's trans… 0.28
drought → CapableOf → consist of dry conditions 0.28
drought → CapableOf → continue for two more years 0.28
drought → CapableOf → continue to occur with severity 0.28
drought → CapableOf → intensify in california 0.28
drought → CapableOf → intensify in mexico 0.28
drought → CapableOf → intensify in northeast brazil 0.28
drought → CapableOf → last for about 200 years 0.28
drought → CapableOf → mean different things 0.28
drought → CapableOf → occur in summer 0.28
drought → CapableOf → persist in california 0.28
drought → CapableOf → persist through july 0.28
drought → CapableOf → set record 0.28
drought → CapableOf → affect forest 0.27
drought → CapableOf → continue to increase in intensi… 0.27
drought → CapableOf → drive food prices 0.27
drought → CapableOf → happen in syria 0.27
drought → CapableOf → increase mortality 0.27
drought → CapableOf → affect plant 0.26
drought → CapableOf → begin in 2015 0.26
drought → CapableOf → cut the grain harvest 0.26
drought → CapableOf → destroy their crops 0.26
drought → CapableOf → put millions of people 0.26
drought → CapableOf → reduce photosynthesis 0.26
drought → CapableOf → wipe out livestock 0.26
drought → CapableOf → last for several years 0.25
drought → CapableOf → affect afghanistan 0.25
drought → CapableOf → affect other indicators 0.25
drought → CapableOf → affect pakistan 0.25
drought → CapableOf → affect surrounding areas of the… 0.25
drought → CapableOf → affect the city of rome 0.25
drought → CapableOf → affect tree health 0.25
drought → CapableOf → begin in december 0.25
drought → CapableOf → dramatize metamorphosis 0.25
drought → CapableOf → encompass a ten-state area 0.25
drought → CapableOf → force company 0.25
drought → CapableOf → hit the southwest 0.25
drought → CapableOf → impair the upper basin's ability 0.25
drought → CapableOf → intensify in the southwest 0.25
drought → CapableOf → led the holy see 0.25
drought → CapableOf → make up flood 0.25
drought → CapableOf → make up heavy rainfall 0.25
drought → CapableOf → melt glacier 0.25
drought → CapableOf → occur in indonesia 0.25
drought → CapableOf → reduce forest carbon uptake 0.25
drought → CapableOf → reduce tree growing season leng… 0.25
drought → CapableOf → remain in place 0.25
drought → CapableOf → start in 1997 0.25
drought → CapableOf → use the standardized precipitat… 0.25
drought → CapableOf → contribute to forced migration 0.25
drought → CapableOf → contribute to the unrest 0.25
drought → CapableOf → devastate livestock 0.25
drought → CapableOf → drive hundreds of thousands of … 0.25
drought → CapableOf → dry up reservoir 0.25
drought → CapableOf → exacerbate effect 0.25
drought → CapableOf → grip the united states 0.25
drought → CapableOf → hit the amazon basin 0.25
drought → CapableOf → increase the risk of forest fir… 0.25
drought → CapableOf → threaten supply 0.25
drought → CapableOf → weaken tree 0.25
drought → CapableOf → affected more people 0.23
drought → CapableOf → affected several areas of the c… 0.23
drought → CapableOf → contribute to syrian civil war 0.23
drought → CapableOf → destroy blue-green algae 0.23
drought → CapableOf → destroy the flamingosfood 0.23
drought → CapableOf → hit north america 0.23
drought → CapableOf → hit the midwest 0.23
drought → CapableOf → left million 0.23
drought → CapableOf → mean less water 0.23
drought → CapableOf → produce severe water and pastur… 0.23
drought → CapableOf → reduce food production 0.23
drought → CapableOf → turn the earth 0.23
drought → CapableOf → dry up lake 0.21
drought → CapableOf → dry up well 0.21
drought → CapableOf → hit in 2008 0.21
drought → CapableOf → slow the economy 0.21
drought → CapableOf → threaten crop 0.20
drought → CapableOf → affect entire state 0.19
drought → CapableOf → affect the western cape 0.19
drought → CapableOf → become less predictable 0.19
drought → CapableOf → cause large dust storms 0.19
drought → CapableOf → cost 5.2 billion 0.19
drought → CapableOf → cripple california 0.19
drought → CapableOf → displaced more than 250,000 peo… 0.19
drought → CapableOf → do at least $20 billion damage 0.19
drought → CapableOf → dry out leaf litter 0.19
drought → CapableOf → dry up water sources 0.19
drought → CapableOf → force producer 0.19
drought → CapableOf → turned argentina's once-fertile… 0.19
drought → CapableOf → worsened dire humanitarian situ… 0.19
drought → CapableOf → destroy life 0.17
drought → CapableOf → affect 5,500 farms 0.16
drought → CapableOf → affect 61.3 million residents 0.16
drought → CapableOf → affect over 13 million people 0.16
drought → CapableOf → affect tourism 0.16
drought → CapableOf → affect uganda 0.16
drought → CapableOf → affected 125,000 families 0.16
drought → CapableOf → affected 7.3 million hectares o… 0.16
drought → CapableOf → begin in 1876 0.16
drought → CapableOf → begin in 1950 0.16
drought → CapableOf → begin in 2006 0.16
drought → CapableOf → begin in late june 0.16
drought → CapableOf → brought water levels 0.16
drought → CapableOf → burn up many crops 0.16
drought → CapableOf → cast shadow 0.16
drought → CapableOf → caused big losses 0.16
drought → CapableOf → cost farmer 0.16
drought → CapableOf → cost rancher 0.16
drought → CapableOf → cut production 0.16
drought → CapableOf → damage global barley crop 0.16
drought → CapableOf → destabilize region 0.16
drought → CapableOf → disappear under burning sky 0.16
drought → CapableOf → displace people 0.16
drought → CapableOf → disrupt reproductive cycle 0.16
drought → CapableOf → dry out the land 0.16
drought → CapableOf → end the debate 0.16
drought → CapableOf → grip the west 0.16
drought → CapableOf → hit grassland 0.16
drought → CapableOf → hit the great plains 0.16
drought → CapableOf → hurt pastoralist 0.16
drought → CapableOf → increase carbon emissions 0.16
drought → CapableOf → increase erosion 0.16
drought → CapableOf → increase the likelihood 0.16
drought → CapableOf → increased in the united states 0.16
drought → CapableOf → inflicted skyrocketing food pri… 0.16
drought → CapableOf → inflicted wide-scale crop failu… 0.16
drought → CapableOf → leave herder 0.16
drought → CapableOf → originate in the most general s… 0.16
drought → CapableOf → persist beyond 2015 0.16
drought → CapableOf → pose political challenge 0.16
drought → CapableOf → put thousands of agricultural w… 0.16
drought → CapableOf → ravaged central america 0.16
drought → CapableOf → set the scene 0.16
drought → CapableOf → squeeze cropland 0.16
drought → CapableOf → survive harsh winter 0.16
drought → CapableOf → sweep across the globe 0.16
drought → CapableOf → threaten city 0.16
drought → CapableOf → threaten over half the wheat cr… 0.16
drought → CapableOf → threaten safety 0.16