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January 11, 2013

U.S. Declares Natural Disaster Areas in Drought-Stricken Midwest 
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Fears of a spike in food prices have grown after a longstanding drought
prompted the Obama administration to declare a natural disaster in large
parts of the Midwest. Conditions in the four main wheat-producing states
— Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas — continue to be the
worst on record. The drought has carried over from what was the hottest
year on record in the United States.

 

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