Think we're in a drought?

(WICHITA, Kan.) —
The latest numbers put the loss from drought in Kansas at nearly 2 billion dollars with 85 percent of the state in some sort of drought.


And as bad as it is, researchers say they have new evidence of long-ago droughts-in one case, a drought lasting five decades.

The new information comes from the study of tree rings. You can read about it here from the Los Angles Times.