1.   At the same time, a drought affected the area, and heliotrope had time to grow and go to seed.

2.   Beauchamp says the continuing Texas drought has affected her business this season.

3.   A worsening drought is affecting both northern and southern Sudan, the agency says.

4.   Lately, a drought has affected the area, which has become alarmingly dry.

5.   P.T. International is among a widening group of companies affected by drought in Asia.

6.   South Florida fared better because the drought has not affected the area as severely as it has the rest of the state.

7.   The drought also affects creeks that serve upland areas.

8.   The drought has affected mostly the northeastern and southern parts of the island.

9.   The drought has affected other countries of the Caribbean and Central America, National Weather Service meteorologists said, with those farther from the equator faring the worst.