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too much water all at once. that s right, kim. drought spreading across much of the u.s. as we speak. in fact 55% of the continuous u.s. under drought conditions. that serves about 130 million americans, the largest population impacted by drought since 2016. and one area that has been hit particularly hard, the midwest as well as the mid-mississippi river valley. this picture speaks a million words, right? this is tower rock formation. this is in the mississippi river, south of st. louis. it is normally accessed by boat only. but because the river levels have been so low along the mississippi river, people have been able to walk on dry land to access that rock formation. incredible to see those before and after images. there are currently 77 river gauges across the u.s., at or below the water threshold, but 40 of those river gauges lie along the mississippi river. don t believe me? here is an example. take the mississippi river at

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