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"Mega-drought" takes dramatic toll on Colorado River system that provides water to 40 million people
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This morning, our series "Eye on Earth" looks at the punishing drought gripping much of the Western U.S.
Scientists are calling it a "mega-drought" brought on by climate change.![](/newspic/picid-6252001-20250216030556.jpg)
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