Food Disaster Worries Mount as US Drought Worsens
<div class='node-body'><p><span id="articleText"><span class="focusParagraph"><span class="articleLocatio</span>n">The worst US drought in 56 years has intensified over the past week as scorching temperatures continued and too little rainfall parched corn and soybean crops across the Midwest and central Plains, a report from climate experts said on Thursday.</span></span></span></p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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