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Shifting from Drought to Flood

June 18, 2015June 18, 2015 by Albert Sutherland

In Oklahoma, shifts in weather patterns can be swift and dramatic. After four and a half years of drought, May 2015 ended as the wettest on record. We received so much rain that farmers and ranchers in some areas found themselves jumping from managing drought to bracing for floods.

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