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As of Oct. 25, nearly 63% of the U.S. is experiencing drought conditions. That’s more than a 3% increase from just last week, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. That’s also the highest it’s been ...

Drought covering the continental U.S. grew by 2 points this week, now covering nearly 60% of the country. As drought continues to grow, it’s now rivaling the 2012 drought, when drought coverage peaked ...

A searing drought last year across the Midwest caused more than 1,000 counties in 26 states to be declared natural-disaster areas – the largest such ruling that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has ...

The onset of moderate temperatures and the end of the growing season have distracted Iowans from the unabated continuation of the drought of 2012. “It's almost like people get drought fatigue. The ...

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 ...

Purdue Extension urban forestry specialist Lindsey Purcell inspects leaves of a tulip poplar, Indiana’s state tree, for damage from lack of water. Although turning of leaf color is inevitable in ...

MADISON (WKOW) - At its peak, nearly 20% of Wisconsin was suffering from extreme drought conditions while 81% of the United States was suffering from some sort of drought. Due to low snowfall the ...

Charles Howe has suffered through his share of droughts, including the current one. When asked to compare this year's drought with notorious ones of the past, the 68-year-old McLaughlin, S.D., farmer ...

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Western Illinois might be close to the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, but it's the driest part of the state this year. "We really haven't really had any measurable rain since the middle of October," ...

Leaves curl tightly on drought-stressed corn in a Tippecanoe County, Ind. field. A majority of Indiana is in severe to extreme drought, according to the U.S. Drought ...