Drought Expansion Slowed in August

Date: Aug 16 2012

Filed under: Investing

The US Drought Monitor has noted a significant expansion of the drought in the lower 48 states has finally stopped. The agency said that about a quarter of the country continues to experience drought conditions that are rated either ‘extreme’ or ‘exceptional’.

The forecast does get a little better though:

The Drought Outlook valid through the end of November 2012 indicates drought conditions will remain essentially unchanged in large sections of the central Mississippi Valley, the central and…

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