1.   An even bigger unknown is what will happen the next time drought hits the Southwest.

2.   Chilean stocks fell to a six-week low amid forecasts a drought may hit second-quarter profits at electric utilities.

3.   Drought hit India, southern Africa, Australia and Indonesia.

4.   Even when their offensive drought hit its lowest point, defense was always something they tried to play.

5.   Nevertheless, where the drought has hit, it has hit uncommonly hard.

6.   The drought has hit Schuster hard and, trying to save some of her grass, she has filled the animals up on store-bought proteins.

7.   The drought has hit some parts of Texas harder than others, but the whole state is parched from an unusually dry winter and spring.

8.   The summerlong drought has hit the Massachusetts cranberry industry hard and is shriveling once-robust crop estimates.

9.   The worker drought has hit every region of the country.

10.   This year, all at once, the drought hit, cattle prices plummeted and grain prices jumped.