The colonists in Jamestown, the second English colony in what later became the United States, faced a great number of fatal problems. The prolonged drought, which has led to decreased in food crops and fresh water, has led to famine and the contamination among the water supply, which, along with a lange abundance of mosquitoes in the swamp region, has contributed to the spread of many deadly diseases such as malaria, dengue, West Nile virus,chikungunya, yellow fever ect. The settlers also faced conflict with the indigenous population and lack of leadership in their community, the extreme heat and coldness of the Virginia climate, and the fact that they were generally not prepared to survive in such harsh conditions.
