The Town that Ran Out of Water

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Central Texas village that’s become the state’s first community to run out of water due to a punishing drought will have water trucked in by the Lower Colorado River Authority, officials said Monday.http://naturalrain.blogspot.com/2012/01/town-that-ran-out-of-water.html

South Central Drought Costing Billions of Dollars

The drought costs in the parched south-central states continues to rise. Minuscule amounts of rain combined with record hot summer temperatures has resulted in billions of dollars in agricultural losses. Although some rain has been falling in the region over the last several days, it won’t be nearly enough to put much of a dent in the current drought.