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More than one-third of the U.S. is in drought

Drought conditions widened across the U.S. as the West saw little rain even as areas east of the Mississippi River benefited from storms.

By Brian K. Sullivan, Bloomberg | Updated on April 16, 2015
The dried shore at San Pablo Reservoir Recreation Area in El Sobrante, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

(Bloomberg) – Drought conditions widened across the U.S. as the West saw little rain even as areas east of the Mississippi River benefited from storms.

About 37.5% of the 48 contiguous states are now in drought, up from 36.9% last week, said the U.S. Drought Monitor in Lincoln, Neb. Areas covered by the two worst categories of drought were little changed at about 9.1%.

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