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Rapid Snowmelt Jeopardizing Summer Water Supply Across the US West

Above-normal temperatures combined with paltry precipitation levels have led to rapid snowmelts across the U.S. West — reducing water supplies for the spring and summer, federal meteorologists are warning. Nearly all Western basins are now experiencing a late season “snow drought,” or a period of unusually minimal snow accumulation for a given point in the year, according to reports released by the National Integrated Drought Information System on Tuesday.