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Texas Gets Even Drier
The drought in Texan has gotten worse in the past week, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor map released Thursday.
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LUBBOCK (July 16, 2009)--Texas continues to grow ever drier, and new data show the state has the most land in the worst stage of drought in nearly a decade.
The U.S. Drought Monitor map released Thursday shows about 18 percent of the state to be in exceptional drought, up from just more than 14 percent last week.
Central and South Texas are hardest hit and are the only regions in the U.S. in extreme and exceptional drought.
Searing temperatures and no appreciable rain are the reason.
Records on the drought monitor Web site show Texas hasn't had this much land in exceptional drought since at least January 2000.
The previous high was in late August 2006, when about 16 percent was in the worst stage of drought.
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