Texas Drought Heats Up

I have not been checking the Drought Monitor as much as last year, but I was surprised to see that 77 of the Texas's 254 counties are in extreme or exceptional drought. Parts of Texas have had drought conditions for the last two years.

230 public water systems are under mandatory water restrictions, including San Antonio, Dallas, Houston and Austin. There are reports of up to $3.6 billion in crop and livestock losses caused by the drought in the past nine months.

Lake Travis which helps provide drinking water for more than 1 million people is 50% below normal.