More of the US is in drought than any time since 2012
CNN
More than 61% of the contiguous US is in some classification of drought this week, according to the US Drought Monitor.
It is the largest portion of the country in a state of drought since 2012, the year when the continental US saw an all-time record of 65% during September.
And in recent weeks, drought has increased significantly. In the last month alone, the percentage of the continental US in drought has jumped from 55% to more than 61%, an increase of nearly 170,000 square miles; an area larger than the size of California.
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