31.  Other large cities, including Houston and Los Angeles, could face severe water crises.

32.  Residents in the capital have suffered severe water rationing for weeks.

33.  Scorching heat has caused severe water shortages in the western Saudi Arabian cities of Jiddah and Mecca, where water service has been limited to two hours a day.

34.  Severe water shortages in the Western cities of Jiddah and Mecca because of scorching heat are expected to ease soon, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

35.  Severe water shortages are likely soon in Cairo, Egypt, in Lagos, Nigeria, and in Sao Paulo, Brazil, among others.

36.  Soaring unemployment, crammed housing and severe water shortages have turned many voters away from an election whose results they claim have already been decided.

37.  That may be all that is funny about the severe water shortage gripping this island at the eastern end of the Mediterranean.

38.  Thai newspapers reported Tuesday that the national meteorological service said that a vast swathe of the northern and central parts of the country face severe water shortages.

39.  The disruption that started Friday has brought the entire Klang Valley, the area encompassing Kuala Lumpur and its suburbs, under severe water rationing.

40.  The El Nino weather phenomenon has delayed the annual monsoon rains, spreading drought throughout the highlands and causing crop failures and severe water shortages.