Worst drought in a millennium predicted for central and southwest U.S.

Regions will become drier than any previous time on record, study says

California reservoir

DRYING UP  By the end of the century, drought conditions in the Southwest and Central Plains of the United States could be unprecedented. It’s already pretty bad in places like California, where water levels are dropping in reservoirs like this one

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SAN JOSE, Calif.