Famine
Famine — widespread scarcity of food followed by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality.
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- Natural disaster
Short descriptions
- es escasez de alimentos en una región que resulta en desnutrición, epidemias y muertes
- nl toestand van honger, vaak in relatie tot een heel volk, land of streek
- ru социальное бедствие
- ar نقص الغذاء الحاد على نطاق واسع وضمن مساحة شاسعة و يعاني منه عدد هائل من السكان
- de großer Mangel an Nahrungsmitteln, der in Unterernährung, Verhungern, Epidemien und erhöhter Sterblichkeit resultiert
- fr situation dans laquelle la population d'une zone géographique donnée manque de nourriture
- pt escassez generalizada de alimentos
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