What is a drought? When it rains, does that mean the drought is over?
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Drought is the name given to a weather effect that is significant in that it isn’t typical for the climate
Climate means long-lasting dependable weather patterns that are usually stable trends for a specific area
Because the natural plants (or the planted crops) are usually suited and adapted to the climate that they exist in, a sudden weather event can kill them by changing the living conditions temporarily – but even if the change is only temporary, the dead (or very sick) plants can’t recover, and that can result in problems to the whole ecosystem that sits on the pyramid that exists on top of that producer
Rain doesn’t always end a drought, the rain needs to be back at a level that is either back to typical climate pattern, or at a level to sustain plant life to a recovery, it depends on the definitions you want to use, farmers and scientists will care about different things
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