Drought expands across Southwestern US
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March 30, 2018
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Drought is tightening its grip across a wide swath of the American Southwest as farmers, ranchers and water managers throughout the region brace for what's expected to be more warm and dry weather through the spring.
A federal drought map released Thursday shows dry conditions intensifying across northern New Mexico and into southwestern Arizona. Every square mile of Nevada and Utah also are affected by at least some level of dryness.
On the southern high plains, Oklahoma is ground zero for the worst drought conditions in the United States.
The exceptional drought...
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