21.   A new national emergency commission will be responsible for preparing emergency measures for the torrential rains due in the north, and the severe drought expected in the south.

22.   A severe drought is causing added pain in various parts of the country.

23.   But over the last two years, severe drought, in between bouts of flooding, has battered the region once again.

24.   China suffered from a severe drought in the north and heavy floods in the south, the report said.

25.   Continued severe drought could also cripple the tourist season, which triples water usage in many small lake and coastal communities.

26.   Consumers had already weathered supply problems and price hikes due to a severe drought brought on by the El Nino weather phenomenon.

27.   Contributing to the pollution has been a severe drought, which has lowered water levels, concentrating contaminants.

28.   Cook said in case of a severe drought in the West, his commission would be charged with divvying up the river.

29.   Despite severe droughts in some parts of the country this summer and autumn, rainfall is nearly normal nationally in the United States, the report said.

30.   Effective seeding requires clouds almost big enough to produce precipitation naturally, and seedable clouds have been at a minimum because of a severe drought in the area.