1.   Some precipitation is expected later this week, although it may arrive too late to save withering crops, analysts said.

2.   Faced with withering crops and dying cattle, the arid nation of Namibia is on the brink of its second devastating drought in three years.

3.   Today, they fight to save withering crops as a drought, blamed on deforestation and the El Nino weather phenomenon, drags on.

4.   Weather forecasters warn that seasonal monsoon rains needed to put out fires, clear the skies and save withering crops could be delayed for weeks by El Nino.