Almost half the country's population is facing dry conditions. Soil is parched. Mountain snowpacks are producing less water. A warming and drying trend is pushing the nation's two largest reservoirs to record low levels, for the first time since 1930.
As of August 1st, there were 91 active wildfires raging across the country.
Extreme rainfall caused floods that washed away centuries-old homes in Europe, triggered landslides in Asia and inundated subways in China, taking the lives of more than 900 people.
Yup, today is Friday, the 13th, which happens one to three times each year in the Gregorian calendar and is considered an unlucky date by around 44% of Americans, which surprised me.
