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At the end of May 2019, moderate to extreme drought covered 9.4% of North America, 3.9% more than the previous month. Moderate to extreme drought affected 8.6% of the North American population in May, an increase from April’s 6.0%. The area affected by the worst drought categories (extreme to exceptional drought) increased slightly to about 0.3% at the end of May, and the population affected by the worst drought categories stayed the same at about 0.2%. At the end of May, 9.9% of the Columbia Ri

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