1. The flowers failed for lack of rain.

2. 16 The lack of rain has shrivelled the crops.

3. 1 The lack of rain has shrivelled the crops.

4. The shortage of rice was credited to lack of rain.

5. The lack of rain aggravated the serious lack of food.

6. The lack of rain aggravated the already serious lack of food.

7. Lack of rain coupled with high temperatures caused the crops to fail.

8. The drought began as early as September 2010 in some regions, though widespread lack of rain and snow began in October.

9. This is taken from a study by Dai published in 2011, where he took into consideration all the potential effects of climate change and expressed them -- amongst other things -- increased aridity due to lack of rain or infrequent rain.