Licorice is a plant. You are probably most familiar with it as a flavoring in foods, beverages, and tobacco. The root is used to make medicine. Licorice is used for various digestive system complaints including stomach ulcers, heartburn, colic, and ongoing inflammation of the lining of the stomach (chronic gastritis).icorice is LIKELY SAFE for most people when consumed in amounts found in foods. Licorice is POSSIBLY SAFE when consumed in larger amounts for medicinal purposes and when applied to the skin for a short amount of time.
Hundreds dead as torrential rain sweeps Central America. Tropical Storm Agatha swept across Central America yesterday, bringing torrential rain that killed more than 100 people and opened a 60m-deep sinkhole in Guatemala City which reportedly swallowed up a three-storey building.
All of these prevailing winds help generate the rain shadow effect that is commonly found around the world. Examples of Rain Shadow Areas. In Asia, the Himalaya mountain range acts as the catalyst for the rain shadow effect over the Tibetan Plateau, Central Asia, and the Gobi Desert. The Japanese Alps create that same phenomenon over the Kanto Plain in the Tokyo region. The Arakan Mountains also have that effect over the central regions of Myanmar.