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>> reporter: john fleck is author of "water is for fighting." >> theres less water in the system now than there was 20 and 30 years ago. >> reporter: what is happening in the west, a new study says, is not just a drought. its a mega-drought. its a pretty dramatic term "megadrought." >> if you go back in time 500 years or so, there were these phenomenal droughts in terms of both severity and in terms of length. >> reporter: park williams is lead scientist on research that used tree ring evidence ...

Determine how much water there is in the snow pack. >> with that increase in temperature, were starting to see snow packs melting earlier y well. so its becoming more challenging for us to not only predict how much water is going to enter our reservoirs, but also the ability to store that water all the way through the end of the summer for agriculture and water resource purposes. >> reporter: planning water use will become even more crucial if, indeed, the west is in the midst of a megadrought t...

Americans are out and about this weekend, this as the c.d.c. director says more than 100,000 people could die from the virus by the end of the month. >> set, go! >> reporter: ready or not, states are coming out of lockdown. all but two have eased stay-at-home restrictions, and across the country, eager citizens are taking advantage. ( cheers ) >> reporter: the gates are now open at folsom lake in california. >> this is the perfect place to be. we should be outdoors, breathing! >> reporter: skier...

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I think you get used to it the more you do it. i mean, i definitely recommend it to anyone sitting at home watching netflix. this is nathanjust six weeks ago in the alps. when the ski resorts closed, his income disappeared. he was forced to swap his skis for this. if someone had told you that youd be in a field in yorkshire picking asparagus, what would you have said to them? i would have said, "no, thanks!" but no, honestly, its fine. like i say, its probably one of the best things going right ...

Weeks ago in the alps. when the ski resorts closed, his income disappeared. he was forced to swap his skis for this. if someone had told you that youd be in a field in yorkshire picking asparagus, what would you have said to them? i would have said, "no, thanks!" but no, honestly, its fine. its probably one of the best things going right now. coronavirus restrictions have almost cut off the supply of workers from eastern europe, and most brits havent previously wanted to do this tough work. but,...