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Flickr/Creative Commons/Justin LeonardA top Army Corps of Engineers official told federal lawmakers the agency can't legally reverse its decision to reduce the Missouri River's flow into the rain-starved Mississippi River.
A top Army Corps of Engineers official told federal lawmakers the agency can't legally reverse its decision to reduce the Missouri River's flow into the rain-starved Mississippi River.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -
The drought has intensified over the past week across broad swaths of Minnesota.
Thursday's update from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows that a large portion of Minnesota that had been in a moderate drought is now in a severe drought.
Last week, 18 percent of the state was in a severe drought as of last week. That figure jumped 40 percentage points to 58% this week alone.
Areas that became drier include most of the northern half of Minnesota and parts of southeastern and south-central Minnesota.
A full quarter of the state remains in an extreme drought, a figure that's held steady for the past month. That area includes a large portion of southwestern and south-central Minnesota and a pocket of the northwest.
Most of Minnesota has been in some degree of drought since mid-September.
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