US sets drought monitor's 'exceptional drought' record in July

Monday, August 1, 2011 - 04:30 in Earth & Climate

The percent of contiguous U.S. land area experiencing exceptional drought in July reached the highest levels in the history of the U.S. Drought Monitor, an official at the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln said.

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