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In Midwest, Drought Abruptly Gives Way to Flood
2013-04-26 04:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The nations midsection, which was for months parched by severe drought, suddenly finds itself contending with the opposite: severe flooding that has forced evacuations, slowed commercial barge traffic down the Mississippi River and left farmers with submerged fields during a crucial planting time. The flooding, driven in part by rainfall of as much as eight inches in some places last week, has affected a remarkably wide stretch in states along swollen rivers in the Midwest. The deaths of at least...
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