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What is a megadrought?

Yes, the West is in extreme drought. But for part of the region, conditions have been bad for decades, rivaling periods in the distant past.
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Western megadrought: Worsened by climate change, most severe in centuries

Global warming turned what would have been a moderate 19-year drought into one of most severe 'megadroughts' of the last 1200 years.
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