At the same time, the whole industry is suffering from a drought of innovation.
But 600 miles west in Texas a drought was taking hold and wildfires raged.
Dumfries and Galloway was put on flood watch while the subject of a drought order application.
There was none as extreme weather due to climate change had caused a drought.
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On the delivery side, Yorkshire Water suffered embarrassing water cut-offs during a drought in 1995-96.
Rainfall in Thailand is cyclical, producing a drought such as this every five years or so.
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"We never anticipated that a drought would come during the month when it normally rains, " he says.
Canada is leaving a drought treaty, becoming the only UN member to do so, Canadian media report.
In addition, if there is a drought, there will be a heap of spare capacity on the system.
Woods is 0-for-15 in the majors since then, a drought Jack Nicklaus never endured until he was 44.
Opposition parties have condemned his comments, especially as they come when the state is reeling under a drought.
The South East joins parts of eastern England which have been in a drought situation since last summer.
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At the time, Brazil was 93% dependent on hydro-electric power and a drought had left many reservoirs very low.
Wheat prices spiked this August after a drought and fires in Russia, an important supplier, prompted an export ban.
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Because there is a drought this year, that is proof of a trend?
Commodity costs are expected to rise in coming months, as a drought in the Midwest weighs on food prices.
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It was a drought of points at home that scuppered his club's chances of Champions League progress last season.
The results come as environment secretary David Miliband holds a drought summit with regulators, water firms and consumer groups.
For one thing, it was hard for them to meet their agricultural goals because they had a drought every year.
Price controls, demand growth and a drought-induced decline in hydropower production are among the many culprits contributing to this problem.
Scottish Water said it had no timescale for introducing a drought order but it would continue to monitor reservoir levels.
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To find out if your county has been declared a drought disaster area, view SBA's current disaster declarations page.
As a local energy official, Ms Rousseff kept the lights on after a drought in 2001 led to electricity rationing.
In a drought year, all you might see are dusty plains, the odd mob of kangaroos and emus, and a few struggling trees.
The tip ended a drought of 11:14 without a basket, and perhaps even more stunning was that Cal only led 52-46.
Mr Schweikert points to his rebellion over calls to pass a farm bill amidst a drought that is hurting livestock producers.
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It also declared a drought emergency in a third of the country.
For example in 1973 the New York Times published news of a drought in Bangladesh, and in 1974 it reported a cholera epidemic.
Last year, India received below-normal rains in the first half of the season, which left vast swaths of the country reeling under a drought.
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