From the New York Times, it's the headlines.

I'm Tracy Mumford.

Today's Tuesday, June 2nd.

Here's what we're covering.

I've been covering drought in the West for more than 10 years, and this is probably the worst I've ever seen it.

The winter basically just didn't

happen in a lot of the Rocky Mountains. The snow never really came, and that has basically

left the mountains that should be covered in snow right now, bare. And that's really scary to see

at the beginning of what is expected to be a really hot summer.

My colleague Jack Healy is reporting on how the Western United States is bracing for the water

to run out. June has barely started, but 70% of the West is already in drought.

Cities are restricting water use, and Jack says some farmers are abandoning their fields.

Colorado in particular is famous for its peaches. Its peaches are maybe like the best part of a Colorado summer.

They're unbelievably sweet and juicy. But right now, some of the peach farmers don't have enough water for their own trees.

So what they're doing is they're

ripping up some of their own orchards so they can take what little water they have and focus it

on keeping some of their most productive trees alive. I talked to corn and bean farmers who are

basically letting half of their fields go unplanted this year because they don't have enough water. I talked to farmers who are basically letting half of their fields go unplanted this year because they don't

have enough water. I talk to farmers who are selling off parts of their livestock herds because

they don't have enough grass to actually keep those cows fed. Jack says it's not just farms.

The little town of Kearney, Arizona, for example, is on the brink of running out of water.

It has drained its public pool, banned people from watering their lawns or washing their cars,

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