1.   The drought meant the crops failed and food was scarce.

2.   The drought means crops have failed and food is scarce, while vital resources are being frittered away in a bitter civil war.

3.   Demography and nature collided in Colorado this spring when wildfires broke out in the Rockies, where a drought meant there was little snowpack to provide moisture.

4.   For urbanites, the drought means more than just dry, sunny weather.

5.   The drought means the two companies will have to buy electricity from more expensive thermal power stations in order to fulfill their sales commitments, analysts said.

6.   The drought means the two companies will have to buy electricity from more expensive thermal power stations to fulfill their sales commitments, analysts said.

7.   The good news is that summer droughts mean there are fewer eggs of the summer species.

8.   The drought meant less water, so trees had a higher sugar content, which primed the color pump.

9.   A devastating drought means that vast areas of the country are desperate for international assistance.

10.   But many said conditions were even worse in the mountains of Ghor, where drought means there is no hope of food and no trees to burn for heat.