https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/19/politics/what-matters-climate-change-western-drought/index.html

Analysis byZachary B. Wolf, CNN

Updated 7:11 PM ET, Sat June 19, 2021

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(CNN)The incredible pictures of a depletedLake Mead, on the California-Nevada border, illustrate the effects of drought brought on by climate change.Later this year, the US government will almost certainly declare thefirst-ever water shortagealong the Colorado River. Maps show more than a quarter of the US is in “exceptional drought,” underscoring the scope of a decades-long dry-out.Stories are popping up across the West of possible rationing, coming restrictions and looming standoffs between farmers and the government over the most precious natural resource.

DROUGHT AND CLIMATE CRISIS

• Take a look:The West’s historic drought in 3 maps
• The United States’ largest reservoir is draining rapidly. The shocking…