Drought ends with reign
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ATHENS -- They'd been here so many times before with gilded dreams -- in Mexico City, in Munich, in Montreal, in Los Angeles, in Seoul, in Barcelona, in Atlanta, and four years ago in Sydney. And every time, they had to listen to someone else's anthem.
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By The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Sep. 19--The air has turned cooler and clearer, promising the end to a long fire season.
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By Victoria Advocate, Texas  Mar. 7--A nearly six-month supply of Guadalupe River water the city of Victoria has agreed to purchase for nearly $2.34 million could come in handy during the next drought, which forecasters said might be just around the corner.
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By Henry Brean  By HENRY BREAN  REVIEW-JOURNAL  What looked like a normal year on the Colorado River took "a hard right turn" in January, as a sudden dry spell took hold in the mountains of eastern Utah and western Colorado, a federal water supply forecaster said Friday.
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By Wendy Victora, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Jun. 9--After receiving the Northwest Florida Water Management District's weekly report on drought conditions, at least three local utilities have urged users to restrict their water use voluntarily.
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By Zheng Lifei in Wuxi and Zhao Huanxin in Beijing  The worst of the Wuxi water crisis appears to be over, authorities said Friday night.
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Jerry Heinrichs says that because of the long-running drought across the West, his cattle had to compete with prairie dogs for the grass. And the prairie dogs won.
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TUCSON - A new study shows a possible connection between a past climate warming and drought in what is now the US West. The width of tree rings over the past 1,200 years show that western &quot;megadroughts&quot; between
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By Andy Mead, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Jun. 26--Don't let those little rain showers here and there fool you -- much of Kentucky is slipping deeper into drought.
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BEIJING - The worst summer drought in 30 years in northeast China's Liaoning province has left more than 1.2 million people short of drinking water, state media reported Tuesday.
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While the south-east of Australia has gone through years of drought, new research shows the rest of the country including the centre, is getting wetter.
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By Brian Mink, The Macon Telegraph, Ga.  Jun. 1--In response to the statewide Level 2 drought, pilot programs on water conservation are coming to six Georgia cities, and Macon is one of them.
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By Audra D.S. Burch And Kathleen Mcgrory, The Miami Herald  Jun. 28--The epic drought gripping Lake Okeechobee has opened a mud-spattered window into Florida's prehistoric past.
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By Ana Ribeiro, Star-News, Wilmington, N.C.  May 25--Thursday's forest fires in Pender and Brunswick counties are a  symptom of a steadily worsening rainfall shortage that has now pushed the area  into drought territory.   The U.S.
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By Bill Hanna, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Sep. 13--WYLIE -- Don't let last week's rain and the recent cooler weather fool you: North Texas is still in the middle of a severe drought.
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Chapter 342 of the King William Reservoir saga played out recently, the latest in a serial drama that holds hostage both residents and businesses alike on the Peninsula.   In the most recent installment, opponents of the mammoth water project cheered a ruling in their favor.
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An epic drought in Georgia threatens the water supply for millions. Florida doesn't have nearly enough water for its expected population boom. The Great Lakes are shrinking. Upstate New York's reservoirs have dropped to record lows. And in the West, the Sierra Nevada snowpack is melting faster each year.