Drought puts more than half of US counties in disaster zones
CNN: More than half of all US counties have been designated disaster zones, the Department of Agriculture reports, blaming excessive heat and a devastating drought. On Wednesday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack declared disaster zone designations for an additional 218 counties in 12 states.
These states are Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee and Wyoming.

