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Drought threatens way of life for Texas ranchers http://goo.gl/wkaqC

• Most extreme drought in US history
• Already cost $5.2 billion in livestock and crop losses
• Wildfires have burned 3.7 million acres (roughly Connecticut)
• 80% of the state experiencing an ``exceptional'' drought
• Primary culprit is believed to be La Niña

Weather disasters keep costing U.S. billions this year http://goo.gl/P7biS

But given the variety and violence of both short-term weather events and longer-term effects like a Southwestern drought that has lasted years, more scientists say climate itself seems to be shifting and weather extremes will become more common.