The Lone Star state is enduring historically extreme weather events and a spate of natural disasters that are slashing harvests of cotton and wheat, and forcing ranchers to cull cattle at unprecedented rates.
A year -long drought has affected 80% of Texas -- with over 50% of the state described by the USDA as suffering from "exceptional drought". Climatologists note that only six inches of rain have fallen all year, against recent average of 16 inches per year. These arid conditions have set off a cycle -- triggering heat waves and sending temperatures soaring to at least 150 year highs -- or perhaps longer given that record keeping began in 1895.
Read more at www.WorldCrops.com
(drought monitor images from [ Ссылка ])
