US National Drought Mitigation Center

1900 India: up to 3.2 million people died

1907 China: estimated 20 million people died

1921-1922 USSR, Ukraine and Volga region: estimated 6 million people died

1928-1930 China, northwestern region: about 3 million people died

1936 China: estimated 5 million people died

1941-1942 China: more than 2.5 million people died

1965-1967 India: more than 1.3 million people died

1972-1975 Africa, Sahel area: more than 500,000 people died

1983 Australia Summer

1984-1985 Africa, Sahel area: up to 600,000 people died

Fall 1995 - Summer 1996 USA, Texas/Oklahoma: $40 billion in estimated damages

1997 Northern China: worst drought in recorded history