California has suffered shortages and high wholesale electricity prices since May 2000.

Public hospitals, officials said, have begun to suffer serious shortages.

Through these occupation measures, and the simultaneous prevention of government services, the Jewish communities suffered serious shortages.

In recent weeks the country has suffered serious shortages of electricity.

Before long, the French navy began to suffer shortages of coal.

Any one of the sectors could be targeted with bombs to make the whole system suffer breakdowns and shortages.

All cities suffer shortages of water, electricity and fuel.

The hospital suffers chronic shortages of materials and working lab machines.

To be sure, the city's school system has perennially suffered shortages.

The report said the reserves suffered "critical shortages" of 7,100 doctors, 31,000 nurses and 73,000 medical technicians.