His favourite scene was where Penny, carrying a dead cowboy, rode through the rain to apply for the dead man's job, only to be mocked.

ECONOMIST: Charlton Heston

Residents in northern Kenya rely on animals for survival, but the lack of rain has left dead animals strewn all over the landscape.

CNN: Kenyans unite to raise funds for citizens battling drought

Around 100 people were feared dead after an illegal gold mine collapsed after heavy rain in 2010.

BBC: Ghana gold mine collapse kills 16

No droughts, no weeks of unending rain, no forest fires, no dead elms and few morels, until next year.

NPR: Morel Satisfaction: Stalking the Wild Mushroom