Grist: The $50 billion drought that bedeviled the country last summer - the worst since the Dust Bowl of the 1930's - still has its fingers around half the country. And if predictions are to be believed, its only going to get worse for many in the coming months.
Weekly drought figures released Thursday by the U.S. Drought Monitor, a joint project of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the USDA, and several other government and academic partners, show the situation has worsened slightly...