Some experts say the lack of rainfall will worsen in the future.

一些专家表示，未来缺乏降水的情况将会恶化。

The country faces a famine because of a lack of rainfall for a third year straight.

由于连续三年缺雨，这个国家面临饥荒。

UN officials note that the flooding and a severe lack of rainfall can cause problems in the Sahel.

联合国官员指出，洪水和严重降水不足可能对萨赫勒地区造成问题。

And he is worried about the effect this year of a lack of rainfall will have on his crops.

他担心今年降雨量少会影响庄稼生长。

A lack of rainfall tells only half the story.

缺乏降雨只是说明了一半的问题。

The report noted a lack of rainfall and falling prices of dry opium across the country.

该报告指出，全国降雨不足，干鸦片价格下跌。

That's being caused by a lack of rainfall this year, which is impacting the fresh water lakes nearby upon which the canal relies.

这是由于今年降雨量不足造成的，影响了运河附近淡水湖的储水量。

China's Ministry of Water Resources says a lack of rainfall will continue to affect the Yangtze River basin for the rest of this month.

中国水利部表示，本月余下的时间里，降雨不足将继续影响长江流域。

Their long-term mismanagement and a lack of rainfall last year made the situation worse. Climate change is thought to be the cause of the drought.

政府的长期管理不善加上去年的降雨不足使情况变得更加糟糕。气候变化被认为是干旱的原因。

With a serious lack of rainfall, much of the American southwest has been forced to rely on the freshwater provided by the Colorado River for more than a century now.

由于严重缺乏降雨，一个多世纪以来，美国西南部的大部分地区被迫依赖科罗拉多河提供的淡水。

That is down 17 percent from its forecast just last month of 13 billion bushels.It's a result of severe lack of rainfall, conditions that have spread across even more of the U.S. breadbasket.

这比上个月预测的 130 亿蒲式耳下降了 17%。这是严重缺乏降雨的结果，这种情况已经蔓延到美国更多的产粮区。