The drought eased in 1993, and officials estimated the 1994 harvest at approximately 12 million tons.

In the fall of 2002, the drought eased up and the Yadkin Valley experienced one of the wettest 15 months on record.

A prolonged drought coincided with and eased work on the lake's construction.

A seven-year drought has eased, the wheat heads are big and bursting, and the bluffs along the river have ripened to an unfamiliar velvety green.

In the latter half of the decade, the drought eased somewhat.

In early 2007, senior weather forecasters predicted that the drought would ease along the east coast with a return to average rainfall from late February 2007.

The drought in New South Wales has also eased.

But he said he might reduce his forecast if the drought did not ease.

Even the drought in 1929 did not ease matters, and ten more years of bad harvests meant they would not recoup their losses.

The first could be an indication that the long drought in technology and telecommunications capital spending is finally easing.