Friday, September 28, 2012

Water shortages ahead across US as drought lingers

Reuters: The worst drought in more than half a century baked more than two thirds of the continental United States this summer and its harsh effects continue to plague the parched cities and towns of the Great Plains. Ask the 94,000 people of San Angelo, Texas, who are running out of water. Fast. The city -- once known as "the oasis" of dry west Texas -- now says it only has enough water supplies to last one more year. On Oct. 16, it will enforce its highest level of emergency measures to save its water...

URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49210903/ns/weather/
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