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Droughts are most likely to occur in places that experience unusually long periods of time between rains, such as semi-arid borderline deserts. They are also more common in ar â¦ eas that have been over-farmed and the topsoil has been depleted.
1 Meteorological Drought. 2  A lack of precipitation is the most common definition of drought and is usually the type of drought referred to in news reports and the media. 3  Most locations around the world have their own meteorological definition of drought based on the climate normals in the area.ne of the scariest parts of a drought is the onset time. Unlike other forms of severe weather or natural disasters, droughts often develop slowly. Answer: Droughts are caused by a depletion of precipitation over time. Unlike a dry spell, prolonged lack of rain will cause regions around the world to slowly dry out.