Paracompletion Question 9 - CAT 2024

Sentence: Many have had to leave their homes behind, with more than 1.3 million people being displaced due to the drought.

Passage: Somalia has been dealing with an enormous humanitarian catastrophe, driven by the longest and most severe drought the country has experienced in at least 40 years. __(1)__. Five consecutive rainy seasons have failed, causing more than 8 million people – almost half of the country’s population – to experience acute food insecurity. __(2)__. More than 43,000 people are believed to have lost their lives, with half of the lives lost likely being children under five. The damage the drought has caused is far-reaching. __(3)__. Farmers have lost all their agricultural income, while pastoralists have lost more than 3 million livestock, impoverishing entire communities, and leaving them on the brink of famine. __(4)__. Some, like the pastoralists, may never be able to go back as their livelihoods have been irreversibly wiped out.