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    The Colorado River Basin’s Worsening Dryness In Five Numbers

    Feb 22, 2021

    Dry conditions are the worst they’ve been in almost 20 years across the Colorado River watershed, which acts as the drinking and irrigation water supply for 40 million people in the American Southw

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    Drought-Stricken West Holds Out For More Than Just Dry Snow

    Feb 22, 2021

    BERNALILLO, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is getting some much-needed snow but don't count on it to end the drought.

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    Lake Mead Could Hit Federal Water Shortage Levels

    Feb 02, 2021

    Lake Mead is again in danger of dropping low enough to trigger a federally declared water shortage, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.

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    Heat, Drought Make For Miserable Combo For Southwest US

    Aug 31, 2020

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It's grim news for the western U.S. The latest maps show most of the southern half of the region is mired by drought, with the most extreme conditions centered over parts of Utah, Nevada, Arizona and Colorado.

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    Study: Southwest U.S. In Midst Of Megadrought Like No Other

    May 07, 2020

    Southern Nevada has been in a drought for about 20 years.

    But now, we’re learning this isn’t just drought – it’s a megadrought. That’s a one in 500 years drought.

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    Children play around trees downed by Cyclone Idai at the Guara Guara resettlement site in Mozambique, where thousands of people are still living more than nine months after the storm.
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    Mozambique Is Racing To Adapt To Climate Change. The Weather Is Winning

    Dec 27, 2019
    Two major cyclones and a prolonged drought in 2019 are a reminder that Mozambique's residents are on the front lines of climate change. And they do not have all the resources they need.
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    Utah Governor Ends Nearly Year-Old Drought Emergency Order

    Oct 01, 2019

    PROVO, Utah (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has rescinded an emergency drought order nearly a year after it went into effect.

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    What Does A Hotter, Drier Climate Mean For Southern Nevada's Water?

    Sep 05, 2019

    After a year with good snowpack levels in the Rocky Mountains, some would say parts of the West are clear of the historic drought that lasted nearly two decades. 

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    Goats and Soda
    A youth scouts for mud crabs and snakehead fish on the parched bed of Chembarambakkam Lake on the outskirts of Chennai, India.
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    The Water Crisis In Chennai, India: Who's To Blame And How Do You Fix It?

    Jul 18, 2019
    Reservoirs are dry in India's sixth biggest city. Municipal taps work only a few hours a day. Trains are delivering emergency water supplies.
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    On Stressed Colorado River, States Test How Many More Diversions Watershed Can Bear

    Jun 18, 2019

    The Colorado River is short on water. But you wouldn’t know it by looking at a slate of proposed water projects in the river’s Upper Basin states of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. 

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    US Says 2 States Must Finish Colorado River Drought Plan

    Feb 02, 2019
    FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Two states in the U.S. West have work to do on a plan to combat the shrinking supply of Colorado River water that 40 million people depend on but that's threatened by a prolonged drought, a federal official said Friday.

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    Arizona Governor, Lawmakers Call Water Their Top Priority

    Jan 12, 2019

    PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and state legislative leaders said Friday that approving a drought contingency plan before the end of January is their No. 1 priority during the annual session starting next week.

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    Feds Give Western Water Managers Deadline On Drought Plan

    Dec 17, 2018

    Water managers in the West met in Las Vegas last week for an annual conference, and on their agenda was figuring out how to deal with Lake Mead dropping to historically low levels. 

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    Sierra Snowpack Well Above Average After California Storms

    Dec 10, 2018
    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Back-to-back California storms blanket the Sierra Nevada in snow, more than twice the snowpack level compared to this time last year, with winter still nearly two weeks away.
     
    At the same time last year, the Sierra snowpack was 47 perce
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    New Water Alliance Aims To Protect Water In The Colorado

    Dec 07, 2018

    Environmental leaders from the state gathered downtown last week to kick off an effort to conserve water in the Colorado River. 

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    Lake Mead stores water from the Colorado River on the Nevada, Arizona border.
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    Dry And Getting Drier: Southwestern Water Scarcity The New Norm, Climate Study Says

    Dec 01, 2018

    The effects of climate change are not far off problems for future generations. They are existential problems for everyone alive today.  That’s one big takeaway from the U.S. federal government’s latest roundup of climate science, the National Climate Assessment, now in its fourth iteration.

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    El Nino Teases As Southwestern US Remains In Drought

    Nov 30, 2018

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — National climate experts have been watching and waiting but El Nino has only been teasing, leaving the American Southwest to hang on longer until the weather pattern develops and brings more moisture to the drought-stricken region.

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    The Salt
    This summer, because of a severe drought in July and August, cows grazing in Swiss mountain pastures haven't had enough to drink.
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    High And Dry: Swiss Army Airlifts Water To Cows In Drought-Stricken Mountains

    Sep 11, 2018
    Water scarcity and heat are threatening two of Switzerland's main agricultural products: milk and cheese. But the shortage affects far more than cows — Swiss glaciers also feed Europe's major rivers.
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    The Salt
    The harvest is bad for German farmers this year as the country has experienced the hottest summer on record and months without rainfall.
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    German Farmers Struck By Drought Fear Further Damage From Climate Change

    Aug 31, 2018
    High temperatures and a severe drought have hit food production in Germany and left many farmers there wondering what they can do to survive climate change.
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    World
    A crippling drought is ravaging parts of Australia, decimating herds and putting desperate farmers under intense financial and emotional strain, with little relief in sight.
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    Emus Swarm Town As Australia's Drought Worsens

    Aug 20, 2018
    The tough conditions are drying up huge swathes of land, leaving farmers struggling. Groups of thirsty emus recently showed up in an outback mining town looking for water.
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    At brandings in southeast Oregon, kids begin to learn ranch work at a young age. Often, they are put in charge of holding horses, vaccinating cattle and keeping branding irons hot in the fire.
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    Deepening Drought In Western U.S. Costs Ranchers Money And Heartache

    Jul 08, 2018
    Because his profits are tied to rain and snow, one Oregon rancher will have to pay thousands to haul water and grass to his cattle in the mountains. And the land just continues to become more parched.
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    Lake Mead's Bathtub Ring Might Get Bigger

    Jul 05, 2018

    Water managers are worried about what continuing drought will do to the lake.

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    Arizona Reboots Drought Talks While Rest Of Colorado River Basin Watches

    Jun 21, 2018

    Water leaders in Arizona are again trying to get to “yes” on a deal that deals with drought.

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    Flames and smoke billow skyward as a wildfire burns near Durango, Colo. on June 7, 2018. The 416 Fire continued to burn more than 27,000 acres Wednesday morning, causing the closure of a nearby national forest.
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    Wildfires Blaze Across Parts Of Southwest

    Jun 13, 2018
    The fires have shut down the San Juan National Forest and destroyed homes in the tourist hub of Moab, Utah.
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    Water Agency Pushes Conservation Program As Expansion, Drought Persists

    Jun 06, 2018

    The Southern Nevada Water Authority recently decided to up the ante on one of its signature conservation efforts commonly known as "cash for grass." 

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