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Drought Returns to Huge Swaths of U.S., Fueling Fears of a Thirsty Future by By David Montgomery, The Pew Charitable Trusts

April 18, 2018

AUSTIN, Texas — Less than eight months after Hurricane Harvey pelted the Texas Gulf Coast with torrential rainfall, drought has returned to Texas and other parts of the West, Southwest and Southeast, rekindling old worries for residents who dealt with earlier waves of dry spells and once again forcing state governments to reckon with how to keep the water flowing.