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ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, MAY 18 AND THEREAFTER. - This undated photo shows the drought affected Lake Granbury in Denton, Texas, which feeds several lake systems including Possum Kingdom Lake, Lake Whitney and Lake Granbury. The river is facing what climatologists fear may become the worst drought in Texas history, even drier than the "Big Dry Up" between 1950 and 1957 that drained the Brazos River and scorched its fertile 42,000 square-mile basin. (AP Photo/Denton Record-Chronicle, Christian McPhate)

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ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, MAY 18 AND THEREAFTER. - This undated photo shows the drought affected Brazos River in Denton, Texas, which feeds several lake systems including Possum Kingdom Lake, Lake Whitney and Lake Granbury. The river is facing what climatologists fear may become the worst drought in Texas history, even drier than the "Big Dry Up" between 1950 and 1957 that drained the Brazos River and scorched its fertile 42,000 square-mile basin. (AP Photo/Denton Record-Chronicle, Christian McPhate)

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A plume of smoke rises over San Marcos, Calif. on Thursday, May 15, 2014 as wildfires climb a hill eastward towards Mission Hills High School, foreground, where the Red Cross has set up an evacuation center. The fires have come during a heat wave in the drought-stricken state. (AP Photo/UT San Diego, Peggy Peattie)

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Anahi Lita lies next to her daughter, Adalid, as she watches PBS Kids on a mobile device on the floor of the Mission Hills High School gym in San Marcos, Calif. on Thursday, May 15, 2014. Over 200 others spent the night at the school with their pets, and a handful of belongings evacuating their homes in the wake of wildfires in the area. The fires have come during a heat wave in the drought-stricken state. (AP Photo/UT San Diego, Peggy Peattie)

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Lavonne Luethke, a resident of Chateau Lake San Marcos who has been staying with other evacuees at the Mission Hills High School gym, gets lunch courtesy of Tom Ham's restaurant at the school in San Marcos, Calif. on Thursday, May 15, 2014. Over 200 others spent the night at the school with their pets, and a handful of belongings evacuating their homes in the wake of wildfires in the area. The fires have come during a heat wave in the drought-stricken state. (AP Photo/UT San Diego, Peggy Peattie)