Scattered across Dakota County, Minnesota, especially its rural landscape, are more than 8,000 private drinking wells.
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Jeff Wagner,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Several campgrounds across the state will be unable to provide visitors with water because their wells are low or dry amid one of the worst droughts on record, according to a spokesperson for the USDA Forest Service.
Visitors step from the bright riverfront into a dark passage lined with glowing photographs of caves, as a low electronic pulse seems to breathe through the walls.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
Starting in Chiang Mai, travelers will trek into the mountains to visit remote villages and explore deep caves on a bamboo raft.
Police and fire rescue experts say this is also serves a reminder to always wear personal flotation devices in and around rivers, creeks, ditches and lakes.
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Dillon Thomas,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
They're mostly found in the swamps, sloughs, wetlands, and drainage ditches of the western coastal plain, and are occasionally found around rivers and lakes.
—
Jack Armstrong,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
3 June 2026
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