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Extreme droughts may hit twice as many people by century's end

This little girl was 10 feet underground in a rough dug well in a dried out river in rural Kenya.

The number of people is predicted to rise from 3% to 7%-8% of the global population. Image: Unsplash/Tucker Tangeman

Kim Ward
Senior Communications Manager, Michigan State University
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