Many States Thirst, but Kansas and Neighbors Are Just Plain Soggy
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By Stan Finger, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Jun. 19--The flooding in north Texas that killed at least four people  Monday is a result of a weather system that has brought steady rains to  Wichita and the Great Plains and left most of the rest of the country dry for  at least the past month.
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Someone somewhere covets every drop of water in the Missouri River.  Included are North Dakota communities (and a few in Minnesota) in the Red River Valley that would like to count on a share of the big river, if needed.
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Even as a drought strips many Florida lawns of their lushness, there are few takers for artificial grass.
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Much of the nation was expected to be cold Sunday, and little precipitation was forecast.
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An oil spill added to the misery caused by widespread flooding Monday as thousands of evacuees in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas waited for water to recede from their homes.
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Soaring energy costs and one of the worst droughts to grip Kansas in a century have led farmers to work hard to conserve water.
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By Shelley Byrne, The Paducah Sun, Ky.  Sep. 25--The rain is over, but the trouble is just beginning for some of those who live near creeks and rivers.
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Rain was forecast for much of the country Friday, with parts of the Southeast and the central states likely to escape the wet weather.
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Water levels at the flooded Coffeyville Resources refinery in Kansas have dropped significantly, allowing office staff to return to work on Thursday, a Coffeyville spokesman said.
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IT'S PROBABLY TOO EARLY to call it a drought, but anyone with a vegetable garden, flower patch or lawn knows that we are in a significant dry period. As of Monday, Springfield was about 4 inches behind the amount of precipitation it would normally expect.
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When residents in a district of the Marshall Islands capital quench their thirst, the water is more than likely to be contaminated by human waste and the decomposed bodies of relatives.
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Though the day of the final dawned bright and sunny, the six inches of rain that drenched this part of the world over the last week made parts of the ground too soggy for a timely start.
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Thunderstorms and heavy rain fell Sunday throughout the southern and central Plains, storms spread into the Southeast, while the Northeast and West were mostly dry.
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Flooding slowly subsided in parts of Oklahoma and Kansas, but forecasters said an approaching storm system could hamper efforts to clean up after weeks of heavy rain damaged homes, businesses and roads.
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By Ian McCann and Mike Jackson, The Dallas Morning News  Dec. 18--With reservoirs low, watering still restricted and Mother Nature stingy with rainfall, several North Texas cities are trying to make their landscaping rules more drought-tolerant.
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Text of report by Kazakh newspaper Megapolis on 4 September  The level of water in the Shardara reservoir has gone down below the critical level for the first time in many years. Doctors are concerned about the possibility of break-out of infectious diseases in South Kazakhstan Region.
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Flooding worsened Sunday across parts of Kansas and Missouri, forcing more people from their homes, and meteorologists said it could be days before rivers return to normal following days of drenching rainfall on the Plains.