By and , CNN MeteorologistsLink Copied!Ad Feedback — While much has been written this year about , and even , the western half of the United States is experiencing a crushing drought.The weather patterns have left parts of the Northwest soggy. Still, 80% of the land in the western states face some official category of drought.That is nearly half of the entire continental US, or put another way, the size of New York State times 25. The drought is affecting more than.The scope of the western drought is chilling. All of Nevada, Utah and New Mexico are in drought, according to the ....…By and , CNN MeteorologistsLink Copied!Ad Feedback — While much has been written this year about , and even , the western half of the United States is experiencing a crushing drought.The weather patterns have left parts of the Northwest soggy. Still, 80% of the land in the western states face some official category of drought.That is nearly half of the entire continental US, or put another way, the size of New York State times 25. The drought is affecting more than.The scope of the western drought is chilling. All of Nevada, Utah and New Mexico are in drought, according to the ....WW…