WA faces drought emergency for a third year after middling snowpack
Washington is once more under a drought emergency, state officials announced Tuesday, marking the third such declaration in as many years and underscoring the damage wrought by year-after-year droughts.
Droughts here can take on a variety of “flavors,” said Karin Bumbaco, deputy state climatologist.
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