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Mongabay: Map shows the level of drought and dryness across the US. Map courtesy US Department of Agriculture. Click to enlarge.
An exceptional drought is still scorching major parts of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. A new report from the National Drought Mitigation Center finds that over July, nearly 12 percent of the US saw exceptional drought conditions, the highest record since monitoring began a dozen years. Exceptional drought is the worst possible on a 5-scale drought scale.
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Chart: US suffers record drought
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 1st, 2011
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