1.   As of Saturday, both seemingly interminable droughts were over, sending historians in the organization scurrying for the record book.

2.   The drought there is the worst in a century.

3.   The drought was only one of many hardships to befall the small country.

4.   There was a drought at the time, and the crowd declared that God would not suffer it to rain till Bulcamp Hell was pulled down.

5.   In France, the drought has been the worst on record and unreplenished aquifers mean that underground water supplies are also at critical levels.

6.   Across the region, the water authorities say the drought is well and truely over.

7.   Although it might not stir the emotions, in an average year drought is responsible for about as much economic damage as floods and hurricanes combined.

8.   And his long cinematic drought is about to end with a flood of new projects.

9.   And on top of that, there is a drought looming ahead, which may mean that maize crop this year in Zimbabwe may be a total failure.

10.   And so, unfortunately, is drought.