这场洪水使许多家庭陷入赤贫，连干净的饮用水都难以获得。

The flood left many families in ___destitution, struggling even to get clean drinking water.

多年的干旱使村民们陷入极度贫困，几乎一无所有。

Years of drought left the villagers in ___destitution, with almost nothing to their names.