Never before had his country had such a devastating drought.
But then the village is hit by a devastating drought.
Jordan has suffered through a devastating drought and a loss of public confidence in the nation's currency, the dinar.
He was able to comfort the people despite a devastating drought at the time.
The devastating 1988 drought and a lesser one last year forced heavy drawdowns on reserves.
Despite the devastating drought in 1863-4, the cattle industry grew until it dominated the region in the 1880s.
However, his efforts were frustrated by political turmoil and a devastating drought between 1968 to 1974, in which famine killed thousands of people.
When her father died in a devastating drought, his children were shrilly warned by their mother not to cry.
It is nowhere near enough rain to declare this year's devastating drought to be over.
With this news, even the devastating drought in the country appears secondary.