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Announcement comes as country experiencing one of worst droughts in 4 decades.

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Almost the whole of Portugal was in severe drought at the end of May, the country’s weather service said Thursday. The month of May was the hottest in the southern European country for the last 92 years, weather service IPMA said in its monthly climate report.

LAKE SAWA, Iraq (AP) — Hussam al-Aqouli remembers the exact spot along southern Iraq’s Lake Sawa where his two daughters once dipped their feet into clear waters. Now he stands there two years on and the barren earth cracks beneath him.

As of May 31, around 90 million Americans were being affected by drought while more 65 million were experiencing severe to extreme drought, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

>> shannon: mike tobin in ukraine, thank you very much. first up into nights where in the world, british men sentenced to death by firing squad by russian backed rebels and separatist territory in eastern ukraine. they fought with the ukrainian army against the russians until they were captured. a british member of parliament calls a fraudulent soviet-arrow show trial, convicted of trying to overthrow the government and terrorism by the unrecognized government. they have a month to appeal their ...

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Almost the whole of Portugal was in severe drought at the end of May, the country’s weather service said Thursday. The month of May was the hottest in the southern European country for the last 92 years, weather service IPMA said in its monthly climate report.

The two largest fires in New Mexico history are happening simultaneously and are only expected to get bigger through the weekend.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — After decades of fighting farmers in court over how much water they can take out of California's rivers and streams, some state lawmakers want to try something different: use taxpayer money to buy out farmers.

Portugal's weather service says that almost the whole of Portugal was in severe drought at the end of May