"This time we're not talking about the frequently drought-plagued western U.S. but rather the typically wetter eastern portion of the country where an unusually severe drought has triggered water restrictions, damaged crops and fed as many fires in six weeks as New Jersey typically sees in six months."
"Much of the East Coast, on the other hand, can—and usually does—see precipitation every month of the year. Dry periods there tend to be shorter-lived and not these same major disasters as in western North America, says Benjamin Cook, a climate scientist at Columbia University."
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