<div class='node-body'><p><span class="image-full" style="width: 540px"><img alt="" border="0" src="/sites/commondreams.org/files/imce-images/drought_ap-dry-cove.jpg" style="width: 540px; height: 257px;" title="Boats sit on the bottom in a dry cove at Morse Reservoir in Noblesville, Ind., July 16, 2012. (AP Photo)" /><span class="caption">Boats sit on the bottom in a dry cove at Morse Reservoir in Noblesville, Ind., July 16, 2012. (AP Photo)</span></span></p>
<p>The 2012 drought disaster is now the largest in over 50 years, and among the ten largest of the past century, according to <strong><a href="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/drought/2012/6">a new report</a></strong> released by the National Climatic Data Center today.</p></div><p><a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/07/16-3" target="_blank">read more</a></p>