Fig. 3: The occurrence of compound and cascading (CnC) drought and heatwave events. | npj Natural Hazards

Fig. 3: The occurrence of compound and cascading (CnC) drought and heatwave events.

From: Compound and cascading droughts and heatwaves decrease maize yields by nearly half in Sinaloa, Mexico

Fig. 3

Light orange shaded lines indicate the compound events while the light green shaded lines indicate the cascading events. A compound hazard refers to drought and heatwave events occurring at the same time and in the same region, while a cascading hazard refers to drought and heatwave events occurring one after another15,16.

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