ST. LOUIS — The worst US drought in decades has deepened again after more than a month of encouraging reports of slowly improving conditions, a drought-tracking consortium said Wednesday, as scientists struggled for an explanation other than a simple lack of rain.
While more than half of the continental United States has been in a drought since summer, rain storms had appeared to be easing the situation week by week since late September.
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" as scientists struggled for an explanation other than a simple lack of rain." Duh! Climatolotgists have been predicting increased drought and floods, changing hydrological cycles, due to global warming. So our burning of fossil fuels is causing this, and ultimately will affect our ability to grow food.