Texas spent 2011 baking. About half the state was gripped by what climate scientists described as an “exceptional” drought, one that goes beyond their categories of severe, or even extreme.
A cow’s remains lie along a dried-up watering hole near Tulia, Texas, in July of 2011. That year was the state’s driest since record-keeping began in 1895.
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