Instead, 1946 was witnessed to an exceptionally severe drought, turned into famine over some areas.

The winter of 1946-47 was exceptionally severe, one of the coldest in a century.

Frosts were exceptionally severe and led to fears of crop losses.

After an exceptionally severe winter the spring had come in early, with warm days and an absence of cold winds.

He later said 'were practically frozen out of Scotland' by 'an exceptionally severe winter'.

This year was particularly hard to fathom because many schools remained open longer than usual to make up for closings during an exceptionally severe winter.

In other words, while the current banking crisis is exceptionally severe, it's not exactly new.

The winter just ending had been exceptionally severe, causing great hardship to the poorer people.

Wolves develop an exceptionally severe aggressive state when infected and can bite numerous people in a single attack.

Even in the south of England it was an exceptionally severe winter.