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Seattle Now: How Washington fits into the West's megadrought

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An attention-grabbing headline this week warned that the Western U.S. is seeing its worst megadrought in 1200 years. Washington has been mostly spared for now, but that doesn’t mean it won’t impact us eventually. Assistant State Climatologist Karin Bumbaco explains.



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