Fig. 2: Major famines caused by drought in India during 1200–2018.
From: Famines and likelihood of consecutive megadroughts in India
a Area (%) under drought estimated using Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) less than −1, b summer monsoon PDSI during 1200–2018, c–h years that experienced peak drought during the nine major famines that occurred in the 1200–2018 period. Values in parenthesis in (c–h) show the area (%) under drought for the peak intensity. Vertical pink lines in (a, b) indicate the occurrence of the nine major famines caused by the summer monsoon failures during 1200–2018.
