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More than 50% of US is in drought as dry, warm conditions continue ahead of spring

National Drought Mitigation Center says this is the first time since 2013 when half the country has been in drought

With spring approaching, more than half the U.S. is experiencing drought conditions expected to worsen with the last snow of the season approaching the West and unseasonably warm and dry conditions across the South, according to the National Drought Mitigation Center’s most recent report.

The National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln releases the latest drought monitor report every Thursday.

“Drought expanded by more than a percentage point this week, with moderate drought or worse (D1) now covering 51.2% of the U.S. and Puerto Rico,” the Center wrote on Twitter.

According to the Center, this is the

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