'Flash drought' has spread to 14 states across southern U.S., affecting crops and water supplies

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'Flash drought' has spread to 14 states across southern U.S., affecting crops and water supplies
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Scientists say that climate change is disrupting the environmental systems which are responsible for precipitation, leading to more droughts, flash droughts and heavy rainfall in the country.

"What we know is that the so-called hydrological cycle—how water in its various forms moves through the climate system—is amplified under climate change, specifically, warming," Paul Roebber, from the University of Wisconsin at

Milwaukee, told"The root cause of this is increased evaporation—drying the land—and the ability of warmer air to contain more water content. This means thatFile photo. A"flash drought" is currently affecting a large swath of the United States.

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