Half of US Counties Disaster Areas

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack added 218 more counties to the Department of Agriculture's list of disaster areas.

That sets it so that more than half of the counties in the US are considered to be disaster areas, mostly due to drought.

Between two thirds and three quarters of the country is facing the drought, the worst since 1956.

All kinds of crops are being effected by the heat and lack of moisture, which has also killed dozens across the country.

Costs for many food types will rise due to shortages that the drought could cause.