Northern states including Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota are closer to normal rainfall levels as a high pressure system over the middle of the country pushed wet weather northward during the last month.

WSJ: Midwest's Dry Spell Threatens to Intensify

He made his way to the faucet in the corner, where he drank deeply of the sweet water and peed, first removing from the sink a wet bedsheet with a large black-rimmed hole burned in its middle.

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