The sky is blue, crops wither in the sun.

More stone than soil, the crops withered and thin.

Another woman's tongue had the telltale white coat of anemia, which is also increasing as crops wither.

Mid-August brought drought conditions; by late August crops were withering in the heat.

Farmers in the Central Valley have said their crops will wither and animals die without the electricity to pump water.

Farmers are watching crops wither in the worst drought in decades.

You see, it was dry, our crops were withering, and our people were in danger of starvation.

Their crops withered in the fields, water was scarce, the rarefied air was difficult to breathe.

Often for us there is small water, and our fields grow dry and crops wither.

Behind it, crops withered, as if it voided raw heat.