All of Illinois in a drought
(MCT) — After flirting with drought conditions for weeks, the Chicago area is for the first time this year officially dry.
Two-thirds of Illinois is experiencing at least a severe drought, and about 9 percent is in an extreme drought or worse, according to the National Drought Mitigation Center, based at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
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