In Australia the Droughts last for one or two or even three years, and in the interior of the continent the rivers sometimes dry up altogether.
"Political economy"
W. Stanley Jevons
They believe that there are spirits in lakes, in rivers and in waterfalls, in rocks and trees, in the earth and in the air; and that these beings produce storms, Droughts, good and bad harvests, abundance and scarcity of game, disease, and the varying fortunes of men.
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz
More crucial than the crash of 1929 to the farmer's well-being in northern Virginia were two severe Droughts, one in the late 1920s and the other in 1931. The latter was particularly harsh.
"Frying Pan Farm"
Elizabeth Brown Pryor