<p>The wells supplying people&rsquo;s homes are running dry here at the heart of the nation&rsquo;s drought, which the government announced on Thursday has spread to 63.2 percent of the country, centered in the parched earth of the southern Midwest. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/24/us/midwest-water-wells-drying-up-in-drought.html?ref=water">More</a> (Source: The New York Times)</p>
