1.   And the end of fire season does not appear to be near, largely because of the extreme dryness caused by La Nina.

2.   Because natural radiation nowhere reaches the barest fraction of this level, Battista believes that Deinococcus evolved to withstand conditions of extreme dryness.

3.   Patients may initially show generalized weakness, dizziness, and drooping eyelids, followed by extreme dryness of the mouth and nose.

4.   During three months of extreme dryness caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon, fires roared out of control in Roraima.

5.   The body was naturally mummified by the extreme dryness of the small cave and the wrappings, including mats made from bulrushes.

6.   The blazes, once started, spread rapidly owing to high temperatures and the extreme dryness of much of the country.