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Atlantic: More than 50 percent of the United States is under drought conditions right now, putting 2012 in the same category with some of the worst droughts in the nation's history. The 54.6 percent figure (not counting Alaska and Hawaii) makes this year's drought the sixth worst on record in terms of area covered, behind only the brutal droughts of the mid-1950s and the "Dust Bowl" era of the 1930s. Other more recent droughts -- such as 2000, 2002, and 1998 -- saw a greater percentage of the country suffering......
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The 2012 Drought Reaches ‘Dust Bowl’ Proportions
Posted by Atlantic: Dashiell Bennett on July 16th, 2012
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