Current U.S. Drought Covers Widest Area Since 1956
The nation's widest drought in decades is spreading, with more than half of the continental United States now in some stage of drought and most of the rest enduring abnormally dry conditions.
Only in the 1930s and the 1950s has a drought covered more land, according to federal figures released Monday.
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With the climate change, and more moisture in the atmosphere, here in Washington State we are getting much more rain and clouds and winter snow than past usual years.