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Quick Update on U.S. Drought

As of August 1, roughly half of the counties in the United States are designated drought disaster areas by the Dept of Agriculture.

Total no. of counties - 3,143

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_statistics_of_the_United_States

No. counties declared disaster areas - 1,584

http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2012/08/0260.xml&contentidonly=true



Added: Aug-2-2012 Occurred On: Aug-1-2012
By: joe prole
In: Regional News
Tags: Drought, conditions
Location: United States (load item map)
Marked as: approved
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