1.   A severe drought is threatening the rice crop.

2.   The drought is threatening the water supply in some areas.

3.   A flood warning has been issued for the River Wye in Herefordshire, where farm crops are already threatened by drought.

4.   A drought threatens a million or more Afghans with starvation.

5.   Drought threatens to wipe out half the South Carolina corn crop.

6.   In Wyoming, the drought threatens to scare off tourists fearful of wildfires and discouraged by fishing ever more shallow streams.

7.   A drought is threatening economic growth in Pakistan, the central bank said as it lowered its growth forecasts.

8.   Drought is threatening rice and cash crops in northern and central Vietnam, local news report said Thursday.

9.   In April, the Ministry of Agriculture approved an emergency fund to help farmers in northern China, where the drought is threatening to decimate their harvests.

10.   Drought has been threatening the winter wheat.