In Zhaotong, Yunnan province, tobacco crops have withered due to a lack of rainfall and soaring temperatures.

在云南省的昭通市，由于少雨和温度激增，烟草作物已经枯萎了。

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Cacti can survive the lack of rainfall in the desert.

仙人掌在降水稀少的沙漠中也能生存下去。

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A drought occurs for a variety of reasons, usually including a lack of rainfall and warm temperatures.

引发干旱有多种原因，通常包括缺少降水和高温。

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Lack of rainfall is one of their main causes of food shortages.

VOA: special.2010.01.11

In the Midlands the lack of rainfall has had a huge impact on rivers and farmers.

BBC: Drought may last until Christmas: Environment Agency

No wonder, either, that every so often the private sector makes a mistake, as anyone can: this new water-main or sewer is not built on time, or lack of rainfall means that a reservoir is dry.

ECONOMIST: Third-world water and the private sector

So far the October to January cocoa harvest in the African country has been strong, according to Laurent Pipitone, senior statistician at the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO), "but the second part of the main harvest (January to March) is expected to be relatively poor, " thanks to the lack of rainfall between August and October of 2009.

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