Drought worsens in U.S. farm states-climatologists

Friday, August 3rd, 2012 Property

The worst U.S. drought in 56 years intensified over the past week as above-normal temperatures and scant rainfall parched corn and soybean crops across the Midwest and central Plains, a report from climate experts said on Thursday. The drought became more severe in the southern United States as well, just a year removed from a record-breaking dry spell that ruined crops and wilted grazing pastures across Texas and Oklahoma enough to force an unprecedented northward migration of cattle.


External References & Further Reading
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/02/us-drought-idUSBRE87110A20120802?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews
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