Worst droughts in U.S. history

POSTED: 08:23 AM PDT Jul 16, 2012    UPDATED: 10:41 AM PDT Apr 12, 2013 

The drought that ravaged parts of the nation in the summer of 2012 is among the worst dry spells in U.S. history.

Worst Droughts - 1950s Texas
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1950s Drought -- The Great Plans and Southwest suffered withstood a five-year drought during this time, and conditions stretched from coast to coast during three of those years. Texas was hit particularly hard.

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