Because of deteriorating climatic conditions, Uttar Pradesh is susceptible to a number of natural calamities. The state has suffered both droughts its in areas where water shortage is severe due to depleted aquifers and flash floods from the Ganges. Since roughly three-quarters of the population depends on agriculture, this has put a significant financial and health burden on some of the state's poorest towns. Natural disasters have caused a loss of livelihood owing to crop destruction and animal deaths, but they have also caused food insecurity in the the area, which has caused population displacement.
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