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This historically dry, hot year is wreaking havoc across the U.S.

In the Great Plains, widespread drought has dried up water supplies, decimated crop harvests and left cattle with no grass to eat.

David Condos of High Plains Public Radio reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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