million acres and destroyed 2,763 Texas homes. Timber lost to drought and wildfire could have produced $1.6 billion worth of products, resulting in a $3.4 billion economic impact in East Texas. See also 2012–13 North American drought 2010 Northern Hemisphere summer Days of Prayer for Rain in the State of Texas 2011 North American heat wave Summer 2012 North American heat wave 2012 Colorado wildfires 2012 Oklahoma wildfires Global warming Desertification La Niña References External links Drought Cripples the South: Why the 'Creeping Disaster' Could Get a Whole Lot Worse by Bryan Walsh, August 9, 2011, on Time Drought-fueled wildfires burn out of control in Texas by Andrew Freedman in The Washington Post September 6, 2011. Analysts: Southwestern US Drought Might Raise Global Food Prices by Greg Flakus September 8, 2011 Crews battle wildfires amid severe Texas drought; 'It was unbelievable, just horrific. There were horses on fire, buildings on fire' April 12, 2011 Associated Press Record Texas Drought Burns Cotton Farmers as White Gold Withers by Elizabeth Campbell September 15, 2011 on Bloomberg.com Epic scorching drought testing Texas' ways; Massive droughts caused by wildfires in Texas have ravaged the environment, incited a tug of war for available water, and fundamentally changed the way of life for the state's millions of residents. September 26, 2011 The Christian Science Monitor Texas Drought Forces a Town to Sip From a Truck February 3, 2012 The New York Times Even After Rain, Texas Drought Persists February 6, 2012 The Wall Street Journal Experts: Oklahoma, not Texas, had hottest summer ever, June 6, 2012 Action Needed Now to Prepare for Severe Drought May 22, 2012 Searing Sun and Drought Shrivel Corn in Midwest July 4, 2012 Rising Temperatures and Drought Create Fears of a New Dust Bowl July 5, 2012 Corn Prices Soar as Midwest Bakes; The Crop's Futures are Approaching Record Set in June 2011 July 9, 2012 Drought puts more than half of U.S. counties in disaster zones, USDA says - CNN.com August 1, 2012 Drought Stalks the Global Food Supply July 5, 2012 BusinessWeek Warming indicted for extreme weather; Climate change can explain some 2011 departures from the norm August 11, 2012; Vol.182 #3 (p. 14) Science News 2010s meteorology Southern United States Southern United States Southern United States Southern United States Drought Drought Drought Drought Droughts in the United States History of the Southern United States Droughts in Mexico Articles