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USDA 2012 Drought Disaster Update
The United States Department of Agriculture Drought Portal provides resources and information related to the current drought crisis from across the Government. Throughout much of the country, communities are struggling with one of the worst droughts to strike the U.S. in decades. The lack of rain and high temperatures have done considerable damage to crops — particularly those in the Midwest. USDA and other federal agencies are taking steps to help farmers, ranchers, and small businesses wrestling with this crisis.
The 2012 drought follows a warm winter with unusually low snow cover over the Great Plains, and dry conditions in much of the Southwest, Southeast and sections of the Great Plains due, in part, to 2 La Nina winters in a row.
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