11.   Since growing anything, including barriers, takes water, your tree probably shed very little bark last year because of the low rainfall.

12.   Since Indonesia had unusually low rainfall all year, the fires this year quickly spread.

13.   That means more water for San Antonio in times of low rainfall and high consumption.

14.   The company says the drop in the river level was an unavoidable result of the low rainfall this autumn.

15.   The company says the drop in the river level was an unavoidable result of the low rainfall this autumn and planned maintenance at the dam.

16.   The government of Puerto Rico ordered water rationing in San Juan and nearby areas last week because of low rainfall, heavy use of water and limited reservoir space.

17.   With the demands on the system coming during a period of such low rainfall, the complexities are on stark display here on the Skagit River.

18.   Yesterday, the company announced that low rainfall in Papua New Guinea forced it to halt shipments and milling operations as its Ok Tedi mine there.

19.   Chachkhiani said the company was also forced to cut its power supply because low rainfalls had lowered hydro-electric production.

20.   He said low rainfall has already lowered the level of the reservoirs.