1.   Parts of Britain are suffering water shortages after the unusually dry summer.

2.   We have just had a long spell of unusually dry weather.

3.   It typically leads to unusually dry weather in the western Pacific Tropics and heavy rains on the desert coasts of western America, but it can have wider effects.

4.   Although this autumn has been unusually dry in much of the East, fall is typically a time of reduced rainfall in much of the Midwest and Northeast.

5.   An unusually dry summer in Oregon and Washington has reduced generating capacity at hydroelectric dams in the two states.

6.   Because of an unusually dry summer, the trees in some Southern states may experience earlier-than-normal color change, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

7.   But in many past years, unusually dry areas at the start of the growing season have a greater risk of summer drought.

8.   But often areas that have been unusually dry at the start of the growing season have greater risk of summer drought.

9.   Central Texas is also unusually dry, which could reduce both the number and the duration of blooms unless it rains soon.

10.   Clear skies, light winds in combination with unusually dry air over the peninsula has prompted to the records.