Wednesday, December 26, 2012

U.S. drought worsens after weeks of improvement | Synopsis

U.S. drought worsens after weeks of improvement

Yosemite in the Morning
Yosemite in the Morning by Rennett Stowe
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The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor report shows that 60. 1 percent of the continental U.S. was in some form of drought as of Tuesday. That's up from 58. 8 percent the previous week. The portion of the lower 48 states in extreme or exceptional drought — the two worst classifications — also rose, to 19. 04 percent from last week's 18. 3 percent. U.S., Mexico inking water-sharing pact with eye on handling droughts The stubbornly dry conditions intensified in Kansas, the top U.S. producer of winter wheat. The latest update shows that while 77. 5 percent of that state remains in extreme or exceptional drought, the amount of land in the most-dire classification rose nearly 4 percentage points to 34. 5 percent.

U.S. drought worsens after weeks of improvement

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