What are some examples of sentences using the word 'drought'?

... grappling with the country's worst drought in more than 50 years. Source_VOA. Click [S] to see translations from the Tatoeba Project. Click [T] to add a translation if you are a Tatoeba Project member. Both the [S] and the [T] are links to tatoeba.org. If tatoeba. read more

Drought and consequent defoliation result in the same, and these considerations help us to understand how old-established trees in parks, &c., apparently in good general health, become stag-headed by the necrosis of their upper twigs and smaller branches: the roots have here penetrated into subsoil or other unsuitable medium, or some drainage scheme has deprived them of water, &c., and a dry summer just turns the scale. read more

However, some native species may be less drought tolerant than non-native species. 5 One species burrows into the sand and can remain dormant for years in times of drought. read more