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'Flash droughts' are Midwest's next big climate threat

Fast-moving droughts are developing more and more quickly as climate change pushes temperatures to new extremes.

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Think flash floods are bad? Buckle up for flash droughts
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Think flash floods are bad? Buckle up for flash droughts

A typical drought is a slow-motion catastrophe. But scientists are trying to figure out a phenomenon called a flash drought, which forms in as little as two weeks.
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