51.   Now York County is in its fifth severe drought in the last seven years.

52.   Severe drought grips Arizona and New Mexico and southern portions of California, Colorado, Nevada, Texas and Utah.

53.   Severe drought has been ruining crops since March from Texas eastward through Arkansas, Mississippi and Georgia.

54.   Severe drought, coupled with record high temperatures and high winds, have fueled dozens of fires across Florida this month.

55.   Severe drought has overtaken most of southern Idaho, the northeast quadrant of Nevada and much of the northwest.

56.   Still, U.N. officials are able to work in the country, a very poor nation now suffering a severe drought.

57.   Supporters said the agriculture industry needs help during this severe drought.

58.   That winter, the shift in weather patterns left Indonesia, Australia, southern Africa and southern India high and dry in a severe drought.

59.   The chief cause, they say, was a severe drought that killed off many ponderosa pines.