101.   Most of Illinois has gotten less than normal rain since July, and the National Weather Service suggests drought conditions could persist here through the summer.

102.   Scientists at the National Agricultural Research Institute believe the caterpillars may be a dormant species that had adapted to drought conditions and is reacting to recent rains.

103.   Recent rains, including a soaker this week from the remnants of Tropical Storm Allison, have eased drought conditions in Georgia and South Carolina.

104.   Severe drought conditions could cause a problem with some generation because of a lack cooling water at power plants.

105.   Severe drought conditions have forced to the Georgetown Zoo to move some of its manatees because the pond where they have lived for years was drying up.

106.   Similar drought conditions spread across the region last year, killing cattle, parching crops and forcing some communities to truck in drinking water.

107.   Texas and parts of the Southeast have been suffering for weeks under drought conditions, but Midwestern crops have been largely spared.

108.   That bodes well for a harvest that has been shadowed by drought conditions in several areas last month.

109.   The Chinese capital is experiencing drought conditions for the fourth straight year causing the most serious water shortage in a century, the official China Daily reported Thursday.

110.   The northern Kenyan tribes traditionally prize cattle but have been switching to camels, which withstand drought conditions better.