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Climate Central: Time is running out to avert a third summer of drought in much of the High Plains, West and Southwest, federal officials warned Thursday.
Without repeated, significant bouts of heavy snow and rain in the remaining days of winter, a large part of the country will face serious water supply shortages this spring and summer, when temperatures are hotter and average precipitation is normally low.
The drought already ranks as the worst, in terms of severity and geographic extent, since the 1950s.......
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Prolonged Drought Threatens Western Water Supplies
Posted by Climate Central: Lauren Morello and Andrew Freedman on February 21st, 2013
Posted in Water Conservation