[General] It hasn't rained

[Anil Giria]

It hasn't rained there in the past 30 years, there is evidently a drought.

There has not been rained in the past 30 years, there is evidently a drought.

Do these sentences convey the same meaning?

 

[Tarheel]

The second one is totally ungrammatical.

 

[Matthew Wai]

I think it is grammatical to say 'There has been no rain for the past years'.

 

[tedmc]

There has not been rain in the past 30 years - would work.
Or
It has not been raining for the past 30 years.

 

[emsr2d2]

It has not been raining for the past 30 years.

That's not natural in BrE.

 

[emsr2d2]

The word 'years' needs to be preceded by a number or a word such as 'few'.

Or you can say "There has been no rain there for years!" It's an unspecific number of years but the suggestion is that it has been a long time since it last rained.

 

[Tarheel]

If it hasn't rained for thirty years you hardly need to mention that drought conditions prevail.

 

[Matthew Wai]

The word 'years' needs to be preceded by a number or a word such as 'few'.

Is that a rule or just optional? 'Over the past years' was used in this post.

 

[Tarheel]

Rain! This land is parched. It's been years since it rained.